diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 8c415b998..3d0679e95 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 
 		<p class="submit">
 			<input type="hidden" name="action" id="quickpost-action" value="post-quickpress-save" />
-			<input type="hidden" name="quickpress_post_ID" value="<?php echo $post_ID; ?>" />
+			<input type="hidden" name="post_ID" value="<?php echo $post_ID; ?>" />
 			<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="post" />
 			<?php wp_nonce_field('add-post'); ?>
 			<?php submit_button( __( 'Save Draft' ), 'button', 'save', false, array( 'id' => 'save-post', 'tabindex'=> 4 ) ); ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index f632730d7..4100e237c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if ( isset( $_GET['post'] ) )
  	$post_id = $post_ID = (int) $_GET['post'];
 elseif ( isset( $_POST['post_ID'] ) )
  	$post_id = $post_ID = (int) $_POST['post_ID'];
- else
+else
  	$post_id = $post_ID = 0;
 
 $post = $post_type = $post_type_object = null;
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ case 'post-quickpress-save':
 	if ( 'post-quickpress-publish' == $action || 'post-quickpress-save' == $action ) {
 		$_POST['comment_status'] = get_option('default_comment_status');
 		$_POST['ping_status'] = get_option('default_ping_status');
-	}
-
-	if ( !empty( $_POST['quickpress_post_ID'] ) ) {
-		$_POST['post_ID'] = (int) $_POST['quickpress_post_ID'];
 		$post_id = edit_post();
 	} else {
 		$post_id = 'postajaxpost' == $action ? edit_post() : write_post();