diff --git a/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php b/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 377e03ce274..7e03278984e 100644
--- a/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -835,7 +835,10 @@ public function count(array|Criteria $criteria = []): int
             ? $this->expandCriteriaParameters($criteria)
             : $this->expandParameters($criteria);
 
-        return (int) $this->conn->executeQuery($sql, $params, $types)->fetchOne();
+        /** @psalm-var 0|positive-int $count */
+        $count = (int) $this->conn->executeQuery($sql, $params, $types)->fetchOne();
+
+        return $count;
     }
 
     /**