diff --git a/wp-admin/import/opml.php b/wp-admin/import/opml.php
index 96d1282b2..8148acf6f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/opml.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/opml.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ $title = __('Import Blogroll');
 class OPML_Import {
 
 	function dispatch() {
+		global $wpdb, $user_ID;
 $step = $_POST['step'];
 if (!$step) $step = 0;
 ?>
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ foreach ($categories as $category) {
 			$blogrolling = false;
 		}
 
+		global $opml, $updated_timestamp, $all_links, $map, $names, $urls, $targets, $descriptions, $feeds;
 		if ( isset($opml_url) && $opml_url != '' ) {
 			if ( $blogrolling === true ) {
 				$opml = wp_remote_fopen($opml_url);
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php b/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php
index daa39a16d..7d03a1538 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 /** Load WordPress Bootstrap */
 require_once('../wp-load.php');
 
+global $opml, $map;
+
 // columns we wish to find are:  link_url, link_name, link_target, link_description
 // we need to map XML attribute names to our columns
 $opml_map = array('URL'         => 'link_url',