diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
index 79bad783e1..ac0faa3edb 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
@@ -3260,10 +3260,14 @@ class WP_Query {
 			if ( ! empty( $sticky_posts ) ) {
 				$stickies = get_posts(
 					array(
-						'post__in'    => $sticky_posts,
-						'post_type'   => $post_type,
-						'post_status' => 'publish',
-						'nopaging'    => true,
+						'cache_results'          => $q['cache_results'],
+						'lazy_load_term_meta'    => $q['lazy_load_term_meta'],
+						'post__in'               => $sticky_posts,
+						'post_type'              => $post_type,
+						'post_status'            => 'publish',
+						'suppress_filters'       => $q['suppress_filters'],
+						'update_post_meta_cache' => $q['update_post_meta_cache'],
+						'update_post_term_cache' => $q['update_post_term_cache'],
 					)
 				);
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/query/stickies.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/query/stickies.php
index e6d9d41f40..9ff07c63a4 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/query/stickies.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/query/stickies.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Tests related to sticky functionality in WP_Query.
  *
  * @group query
+ * @covers WP_Query::get_posts
  */
 class Tests_Query_Stickies extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	public static $posts = array();
@@ -104,4 +105,25 @@ class Tests_Query_Stickies extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	public function set_post__not_in( $q ) {
 		$q->set( 'post__not_in', array( self::$posts[8] ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 36907
+	 */
+	public function test_stickies_nest_query() {
+		$filter = new MockAction();
+		add_filter( 'posts_pre_query', array( $filter, 'filter' ), 10, 2 );
+		$this->go_to( '/' );
+		$filter_args       = $filter->get_args();
+		$query_vars        = $filter_args[0][1]->query_vars;
+		$sticky_query_vars = $filter_args[1][1]->query_vars;
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $sticky_query_vars['posts_per_page'] );
+		$this->assertSame( $query_vars['suppress_filters'], $sticky_query_vars['suppress_filters'] );
+		$this->assertSame( $query_vars['update_post_meta_cache'], $sticky_query_vars['update_post_meta_cache'] );
+		$this->assertSame( $query_vars['update_post_term_cache'], $sticky_query_vars['update_post_term_cache'] );
+		$this->assertSame( $query_vars['lazy_load_term_meta'], $sticky_query_vars['lazy_load_term_meta'] );
+		$this->assertSame( $query_vars['cache_results'], $sticky_query_vars['cache_results'] );
+		$this->assertTrue( $sticky_query_vars['ignore_sticky_posts'] );
+		$this->assertTrue( $sticky_query_vars['no_found_rows'] );
+	}
 }