diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index df1dd591e4..c8dce0b197 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -1919,7 +1919,8 @@ function wp_insert_post($postarr = array(), $wp_error = false) {
 	$defaults = array('post_status' => 'draft', 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_author' => $user_ID,
 		'ping_status' => get_option('default_ping_status'), 'post_parent' => 0,
 		'menu_order' => 0, 'to_ping' =>  '', 'pinged' => '', 'post_password' => '',
-		'guid' => '', 'post_content_filtered' => '', 'post_excerpt' => '', 'import_id' => 0);
+		'guid' => '', 'post_content_filtered' => '', 'post_excerpt' => '', 'import_id' => 0,
+		'post_content' => '', 'post_title' => '');
 
 	$postarr = wp_parse_args($postarr, $defaults);
 	$postarr = sanitize_post($postarr, 'db');