diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
index 00f2bacd0b..cef0487af8 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
@@ -195,3 +195,52 @@ function taxonomy_update_8701() {
   $storage_definition = $entity_definition_update_manager->getFieldStorageDefinition('parent', 'taxonomy_term');
   $entity_definition_update_manager->updateFieldStorageDefinition($storage_definition);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Sets published status for terms, where "status" is NULL.
+ */
+function taxonomy_update_8702(&$sandbox) {
+  // There can be terms with NULL status after "taxonomy_update_8601".
+  // Force them to be published.
+  /** @var \Drupal\taxonomy\TermStorageInterface $term_storage */
+  $term_storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('taxonomy_term');
+
+  // Prepare sandbox.
+  if (!isset($sandbox['total'])) {
+    $terms_with_null_status = $term_storage
+      ->getQuery()
+      ->notExists('status')
+      ->count()
+      ->execute();
+
+    $sandbox['total'] = $terms_with_null_status;
+    $sandbox['current'] = 0;
+  }
+
+  // Do not continue if no broken terms.
+  if (empty($sandbox['total'])) {
+    $sandbox['#finished'] = 1;
+
+    return t('No terms with NULL status is found.');
+  }
+
+  $limit = 50;
+
+  $term_ids = $term_storage
+    ->getQuery()
+    ->notExists('status')
+    ->range($sandbox['current'], $limit)
+    ->execute();
+  $term_entities = $term_storage->loadMultiple($term_ids);
+  /** @var \Drupal\taxonomy\TermInterface $term */
+  foreach ($term_entities as $term) {
+    $term->set('status', TRUE);
+    $term->save();
+
+    $sandbox['current']++;
+  }
+
+  $sandbox['#finished'] = ($sandbox['current'] / $sandbox['total']);
+
+  return t('@count terms statuses processed.', ['@count' => $sandbox['current']]);
+}