diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp.php b/wp-includes/class-wp.php
index b048c83c5..cf671bd79 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp.php
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ class WP {
 
 		if ( !is_admin() && ( 0 == count( $wp_query->posts ) ) && !is_404() && !is_robots() && !is_search() && !is_home() ) {
 			// Don't 404 for these queries if they matched an object.
-			if ( ( is_tag() || is_category() || is_tax() || is_author() ) && $wp_query->get_queried_object() && !is_paged() ) {
+			if ( ( is_tag() || is_category() || is_tax() || is_author() || is_post_type_archive() ) && $wp_query->get_queried_object() && !is_paged() ) {
 				if ( !is_404() )
 					status_header( 200 );
 				return;