diff --git a/wp-includes/theme.php b/wp-includes/theme.php
index e19e2fc5c..eef7b6c22 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme.php
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ function get_comments_popup_template() {
 
 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;
+		$wp_rewrite, $wpdb, $wp_version, $wp, $id, $comment, $user_ID;
 
 	if ( is_array($wp_query->query_vars) )
 		extract($wp_query->query_vars, EXTR_SKIP);