diff --git a/wp-admin/admin.php b/wp-admin/admin.php
index 7941d26a35..dc2713ff7d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin.php
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ $time_format = get_option('time_format');
 wp_enqueue_script( 'common' );
 
 // $pagenow is set in vars.php
+// $wp_importers is sometimes set in wp-admin/includes/import.php
+//
 // The remaining variables are imported as globals elsewhere,
 //     declared as globals here
-global $pagenow, $hook_suffix, $plugin_page, $typenow, $taxnow;
+global $pagenow, $wp_importers, $hook_suffix, $plugin_page, $typenow, $taxnow;
 
 $page_hook = null;
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index a9222ce6fc..54695159de 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
 	die('-1');
 
+global $post_type, $post_type_object, $post;
+
 wp_enqueue_script('post');
 $_wp_editor_expand = $_content_editor_dfw = false;
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index aebb08ec96..74bb52bacd 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ if ( ! $tax )
 if ( ! current_user_can( $tax->cap->manage_terms ) )
 	wp_die( __( 'Cheatin’ uh?' ), 403 );
 
+// $post_type is set when the WP_Terms_List_Table instance is created
+global $post_type;
+
 $wp_list_table = _get_list_table('WP_Terms_List_Table');
 $pagenum = $wp_list_table->get_pagenum();
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index b5c4cde6ff..5798c98d4a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ if ( 'attachment' === $typenow ) {
 	}
 }
 
+global $post_type, $post_type_object;
+
 $post_type = $typenow;
 $post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type );
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/post-new.php b/wp-admin/post-new.php
index d919d55ca1..0a1181587d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post-new.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post-new.php
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@
 /** Load WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php' );
 
-if ( !isset($_GET['post_type']) )
-	$post_type = 'post';
-elseif ( in_array( $_GET['post_type'], get_post_types( array('show_ui' => true ) ) ) )
-	$post_type = $_GET['post_type'];
-else
-	wp_die( __('Invalid post type') );
+global $post_type, $post_type_object, $post;
 
+if ( ! isset( $_GET['post_type'] ) ) {
+	$post_type = 'post';
+} elseif ( in_array( $_GET['post_type'], get_post_types( array('show_ui' => true ) ) ) ) {
+	$post_type = $_GET['post_type'];
+} else {
+	wp_die( __('Invalid post type') );
+}
 $post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type );
 
 if ( 'post' == $post_type ) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index 805c46e6ed..01d703dd2d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ elseif ( isset( $_POST['post_ID'] ) )
 else
  	$post_id = $post_ID = 0;
 
-$post = $post_type = $post_type_object = null;
+global $post_type, $post_type_object, $post;
 
 if ( $post_id )
 	$post = get_post( $post_id );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 32ce69676e..9dd924d616 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.2-alpha-31120';
+$wp_version = '4.2-alpha-31121';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.