diff --git a/wp-includes/theme.php b/wp-includes/theme.php
index 25c21dc23..8c60a9cbc 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme.php
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ function load_template($_template_file) {
 	global $posts, $post, $wp_did_header, $wp_did_template_redirect, $wp_query,
 		$wp_rewrite, $wpdb, $wp_version, $wp, $id, $comment;
 
-	extract($wp_query->query_vars, EXTR_SKIP);
+	if ( is_array($wp_query->query_vars) )
+		extract($wp_query->query_vars, EXTR_SKIP);
 
 	require_once($_template_file);
 }
@@ -505,4 +506,4 @@ function add_custom_image_header($header_callback, $admin_header_callback) {
 	add_action('admin_menu', array(&$GLOBALS['custom_image_header'], 'init'));
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>