diff --git a/includes/libraries/wp-background-process.php b/includes/libraries/wp-background-process.php
index 8ef9006bff7..9b5aeea74c8 100644
--- a/includes/libraries/wp-background-process.php
+++ b/includes/libraries/wp-background-process.php
@@ -184,21 +184,17 @@ abstract class WP_Background_Process extends WP_Async_Request {
 	protected function is_queue_empty() {
 		global $wpdb;
 
-		$table  = $wpdb->options;
-		$column = 'option_name';
-
-		if ( is_multisite() ) {
-			$table  = $wpdb->sitemeta;
-			$column = 'meta_key';
-		}
-
 		$key = $wpdb->esc_like( $this->identifier . '_batch_' ) . '%';
 
-		$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "
-		SELECT COUNT(*)
-		FROM {$table}
-		WHERE {$column} LIKE %s
-	", $key ) );
+		if ( is_multisite() ) {
+			$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "
+				SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {$wpdb->sitemeta} WHERE meta_key LIKE %s AND site_id = %d
+			", $key, get_current_blog_id() ) );
+		} else {
+			$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "
+				SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {$wpdb->options} WHERE option_name LIKE %s
+			", $key ) );
+		}
 
 		return ( $count > 0 ) ? false : true;
 	}
@@ -248,34 +244,31 @@ abstract class WP_Background_Process extends WP_Async_Request {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get batch
+	 * Get batch.
 	 *
 	 * @return stdClass Return the first batch from the queue
 	 */
 	protected function get_batch() {
 		global $wpdb;
 
-		$table        = $wpdb->options;
-		$column       = 'option_name';
-		$key_column   = 'option_id';
-		$value_column = 'option_value';
-
-		if ( is_multisite() ) {
-			$table        = $wpdb->sitemeta;
-			$column       = 'meta_key';
-			$key_column   = 'meta_id';
-			$value_column = 'meta_value';
-		}
-
 		$key = $wpdb->esc_like( $this->identifier . '_batch_' ) . '%';
 
-		$query = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "
-		SELECT *
-		FROM {$table}
-		WHERE {$column} LIKE %s
-		ORDER BY {$key_column} ASC
-		LIMIT 1
-		", $key ) );
+		if ( is_multisite() ) {
+			$value_column = 'meta_value';
+			$query        = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "
+				SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->sitemeta}
+				WHERE meta_key LIKE %s
+				AND site_id = %d
+				ORDER BY meta_id ASC LIMIT 1
+			", $key, get_current_blog_id() ) );
+		} else {
+			$value_column = 'option_value';
+			$query        = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "
+				SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->options}
+				WHERE option_name LIKE %s
+				ORDER BY option_id ASC LIMIT 1
+			", $key ) );
+		}
 
 		$batch       = new stdClass();
 		$batch->key  = $query->$column;