diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/post-terms/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/post-terms/index.php
index 60ffdcedf3268f..3e7a05f10117e4 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/post-terms/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/post-terms/index.php
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ function render_block_core_post_terms( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 		return '';
 	}
 
-	$post_terms = get_the_terms( $block->context['postId'], $attributes['term'] );
-	if ( is_wp_error( $post_terms ) || empty( $post_terms ) ) {
-		return '';
-	}
-
 	$classes = array( 'taxonomy-' . $attributes['term'] );
 	if ( isset( $attributes['textAlign'] ) ) {
 		$classes[] = 'has-text-align-' . $attributes['textAlign'];
@@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ function render_block_core_post_terms( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 		wp_kses_post( $suffix )
 	);
 
-	if ( is_wp_error( $post_terms ) ) {
+	if ( is_wp_error( $post_terms ) || empty( $post_terms ) ) {
 		return '';
 	}