diff --git a/wp-admin/load-scripts.php b/wp-admin/load-scripts.php
index 011ae3c890..d536c1925a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/load-scripts.php
+++ b/wp-admin/load-scripts.php
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 error_reporting(0);
 
 /** Set ABSPATH for execution */
-define( 'ABSPATH', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/' );
+if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
+	define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/' );
+}
+
 define( 'WPINC', 'wp-includes' );
 
 $load = $_GET['load'];
diff --git a/wp-admin/load-styles.php b/wp-admin/load-styles.php
index a461ae268d..de20881418 100644
--- a/wp-admin/load-styles.php
+++ b/wp-admin/load-styles.php
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 error_reporting(0);
 
 /** Set ABSPATH for execution */
-define( 'ABSPATH', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/' );
+if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
+	define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/' );
+}
+
 define( 'WPINC', 'wp-includes' );
 
 require( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/noop.php' );
diff --git a/wp-admin/setup-config.php b/wp-admin/setup-config.php
index befa6937ed..32c173df50 100644
--- a/wp-admin/setup-config.php
+++ b/wp-admin/setup-config.php
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ define('WP_SETUP_CONFIG', true);
  */
 error_reporting(0);
 
-define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/' );
+if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
+	define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/' );
+}
 
 require( ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php' );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 7340da94e0..cc7b81de34 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.6-alpha-37206';
+$wp_version = '4.6-alpha-37207';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
diff --git a/wp-load.php b/wp-load.php
index 94a8b541e7..76dda74b76 100644
--- a/wp-load.php
+++ b/wp-load.php
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
  */
 
 /** Define ABSPATH as this file's directory */
-define( 'ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' );
+if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
+	define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/' );
+}
 
 error_reporting( E_CORE_ERROR | E_CORE_WARNING | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR );