diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
index a1582277e3..06d531c39a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
@@ -4275,7 +4275,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 		$numpages     = $elements['numpages'];
 
 		/**
-		 * Fires once the post data has been setup.
+		 * Fires once the post data has been set up.
 		 *
 		 * @since 2.8.0
 		 * @since 4.1.0 Introduced `$this` parameter.
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 164001e716..c2ee232649 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ function get_the_content( $more_link_text = null, $strip_teaser = false, $post =
 		return '';
 	}
 
-	if ( null === $post ) {
+	// Use the globals if the $post parameter was not specified,
+	// but only after they have been set up in setup_postdata().
+	if ( null === $post && did_action( 'the_post' ) ) {
 		$elements = compact( 'page', 'more', 'preview', 'pages', 'multipage' );
 	} else {
 		$elements = generate_postdata( $_post );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 796d31f04a..79942da0b2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-48113';
+$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-48114';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.