Warning: Illegal string offset 'count' in rate_preprocess_rate_template_thumbs_up() (line 1367 of /****/**/modules/contrib/rate/rate.module))

getting warning when i updated my php to 5.4.

Warning: Illegal string offset 'count' in rate_preprocess_rate_template_thumbs_up() (line 1367 of /****/**/modules/contrib/rate/rate.module)).