diff --git a/wp-admin/user-new.php b/wp-admin/user-new.php
index 9c8e9ea763..04cd108050 100644
--- a/wp-admin/user-new.php
+++ b/wp-admin/user-new.php
@@ -339,16 +339,16 @@ if ( current_user_can( 'create_users') ) {
 <?php wp_nonce_field( 'create-user', '_wpnonce_create-user' ); ?>
 <?php
 // Load up the passed data, else set to a default.
-foreach ( array( 'user_login' => 'login', 'first_name' => 'firstname', 'last_name' => 'lastname',
-				'email' => 'email', 'url' => 'uri', 'role' => 'role', 'send_password' => 'send_password', 'noconfirmation' => 'ignore_pass' ) as $post_field => $var ) {
-	$var = "new_user_$var";
-	if( isset( $_POST['createuser'] ) ) {
-		if ( ! isset($$var) )
-			$$var = isset( $_POST[$post_field] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST[$post_field] ) : '';
-	} else {
-		$$var = false;
-	}
-}
+$creating = isset( $_POST['createuser'] );
+
+$new_user_login = $creating && isset( $_POST['user_login'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['user_login'] ) : '';
+$new_user_firstname = $creating && isset( $_POST['first_name'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['first_name'] ) : '';
+$new_user_lastname = $creating && isset( $_POST['last_name'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['last_name'] ) : '';
+$new_user_email = $creating && isset( $_POST['email'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['email'] ) : '';
+$new_user_uri = $creating && isset( $_POST['url'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['url'] ) : '';
+$new_user_role = $creating && isset( $_POST['role'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['role'] ) : '';
+$new_user_send_password = $creating && isset( $_POST['send_password'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['send_password'] ) : '';
+$new_user_ignore_pass = $creating && isset( $_POST['noconfirmation'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_POST['noconfirmation'] ) : '';
 
 ?>
 <table class="form-table">