diff --git a/wp-admin/execute-pings.php b/wp-admin/execute-pings.php
index 10be97b16e..e68f76cb55 100644
--- a/wp-admin/execute-pings.php
+++ b/wp-admin/execute-pings.php
@@ -7,27 +7,21 @@ register_shutdown_function('execute_all_pings');
 function execute_all_pings() {
 	global $wpdb;
 	// Do pingbacks
-	if($pings = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->posts}, {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE {$wpdb->posts}.ID = {$wpdb->postmeta}.post_id AND {$wpdb->postmeta}.meta_key = '_pingme';")) {
-		foreach($pings as $ping) {
-			pingback($ping->post_content, $ping->ID);
-			echo "Pingback: $ping->post_title : $ping->ID<br/>";
-			$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE post_id = {$ping->ID} AND meta_key = '_pingme';");
-		}
+	while ($ping = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->posts}, {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE {$wpdb->posts}.ID = {$wpdb->postmeta}.post_id AND {$wpdb->postmeta}.meta_key = '_pingme' LIMIT 1")) {
+		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE post_id = {$ping->ID} AND meta_key = '_pingme';");
+		pingback($ping->post_content, $ping->ID);
+		echo "Pingback: $ping->post_title : $ping->ID<br/>";
 	}
 	// Do Enclosures
-	if($enclosures = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->posts}, {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE {$wpdb->posts}.ID = {$wpdb->postmeta}.post_id AND {$wpdb->postmeta}.meta_key = '_encloseme';")) {
-		foreach($enclosures as $enclosure) {
-			do_enclose($enclosure->post_content, $enclosure->ID);
-			echo "Enclosure: $enclosure->post_title : $enclosure->ID<br/>";
-			$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE post_id = {$enclosure->ID} AND meta_key = '_encloseme';");
-		}
+	while ($enclosure = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->posts}, {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE {$wpdb->posts}.ID = {$wpdb->postmeta}.post_id AND {$wpdb->postmeta}.meta_key = '_encloseme' LIMIT 1")) {
+		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE post_id = {$enclosure->ID} AND meta_key = '_encloseme';");
+		do_enclose($enclosure->post_content, $enclosure->ID);
+		echo "Enclosure: $enclosure->post_title : $enclosure->ID<br/>";
 	}
 	// Do Trackbacks
-	if($trackbacks = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE TRIM(to_ping) != '' AND post_status != 'draft'")) {
-		foreach($trackbacks as $trackback) {
-			echo "Trackback : $trackback->ID<br/>";
-			do_trackbacks($trackback->ID);
-		}
+	while ($trackback = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE TRIM(to_ping) != '' AND post_status != 'draft' LIMIT 1")) {
+		echo "Trackback : $trackback->ID<br/>";
+		do_trackbacks($trackback->ID);
 	}
 }