diff --git a/wp-admin/widgets.php b/wp-admin/widgets.php
index 4ead317a74..fc5942115d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/widgets.php
@@ -252,13 +252,15 @@ if ( isset($_GET['editwidget']) && $_GET['editwidget'] ) {
 	<p class="describe"><?php _e('Select both the sidebar for this widget and the position of the widget in that sidebar.'); ?></p>
 	<div class="widget-position">
 	<table class="widefat"><thead><tr><th><?php _e('Sidebar'); ?></th><th><?php _e('Position'); ?></th></tr></thead><tbody>
-<?php	foreach ( $wp_registered_sidebars as $sbname => $sbvalue ) {
+<?php
+	foreach ( $wp_registered_sidebars as $sbname => $sbvalue ) {
 		echo "\t\t<tr><td><label><input type='radio' name='sidebar' value='" . esc_attr($sbname) . "'" . checked( $sbname, $sidebar, false ) . " /> $sbvalue[name]</label></td><td>";
 		if ( 'wp_inactive_widgets' == $sbname ) {
 			echo '&nbsp;';
 		} else {
 			if ( !isset($sidebars_widgets[$sbname]) || !is_array($sidebars_widgets[$sbname]) ) {
 				$j = 1;
+				$sidebars_widgets[$sbname] = array();
 			} else {
 				$j = count($sidebars_widgets[$sbname]);
 				if ( isset($_GET['addnew']) || !in_array($widget_id, $sidebars_widgets[$sbname], true) )
diff --git a/wp-includes/widgets.php b/wp-includes/widgets.php
index 2f0280d7ad..f49a3fdee0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/widgets.php
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ function wp_get_sidebars_widgets($deprecated = true) {
 		$sidebars_widgets = get_option('sidebars_widgets', array());
 		$_sidebars_widgets = array();
 
-		if ( isset($sidebars_widgets['wp_inactive_widgets']) )
+		if ( isset($sidebars_widgets['wp_inactive_widgets']) || empty($sidebars_widgets) )
 			$sidebars_widgets['array_version'] = 3;
 		elseif ( !isset($sidebars_widgets['array_version']) )
 			$sidebars_widgets['array_version'] = 1;