diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index 392fea93e0..bb90aff606 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ function get_default_post_to_edit( $post_type = 'post', $create_in_db = false )
 		if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-formats' ) && post_type_supports( $post->post_type, 'post-formats' ) && get_option( 'default_post_format' ) ) {
 			set_post_format( $post, get_option( 'default_post_format' ) );
 		}
+
+		// Schedule auto-draft cleanup
+		if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_scheduled_auto_draft_delete' ) ) {
+			wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'wp_scheduled_auto_draft_delete' );
+		}
 	} else {
 		$post                 = new stdClass;
 		$post->ID             = 0;
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/post-new.php b/src/wp-admin/post-new.php
index da7e08cada..abd0baf33a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/post-new.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/post-new.php
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->edit_posts ) || ! current_user_
 	);
 }
 
-// Schedule auto-draft cleanup
-if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_scheduled_auto_draft_delete' ) ) {
-	wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'wp_scheduled_auto_draft_delete' );
-}
-
 $post    = get_default_post_to_edit( $post_type, true );
 $post_ID = $post->ID;