Index: wp-includes/pluggable.php
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--- wp-includes/pluggable.php	(revision 20422)
+++ wp-includes/pluggable.php	(working copy)
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@
 function get_currentuserinfo() {
 	global $current_user;
 
-	if ( defined('XMLRPC_REQUEST') && XMLRPC_REQUEST ) {
-		wp_set_current_user( 0 );
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	if ( ! empty( $current_user ) ) {
 		if ( $current_user instanceof WP_User )
 			return;
@@ -97,6 +92,11 @@
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if ( defined('XMLRPC_REQUEST') && XMLRPC_REQUEST ) {
+		wp_set_current_user( 0 );
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if ( ! $user = wp_validate_auth_cookie() ) {
 		 if ( is_blog_admin() || is_network_admin() || empty( $_COOKIE[LOGGED_IN_COOKIE] ) || !$user = wp_validate_auth_cookie( $_COOKIE[LOGGED_IN_COOKIE], 'logged_in' ) ) {
 		 	wp_set_current_user( 0 );