diff --git a/wp-admin/index.php b/wp-admin/index.php
index 7dc34a9a15..7e70aece5b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ foreach ($comments as $comment) {
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php
-if ( $recentposts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_date_gmt < '$today' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 5") ) :
+if ( $recentposts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND " . get_private_posts_cap_sql('post') . " AND post_date_gmt < '$today' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 5") ) :
 ?>
 <div>
 <h3><?php _e('Posts'); ?> <a href="edit.php" title="<?php _e('More posts...'); ?>">&raquo;</a></h3>