Index: wp-includes/comment-template.php
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--- wp-includes/comment-template.php	(revision 10296)
+++ wp-includes/comment-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1284,8 +1284,8 @@
 	$comment_alt = $comment_thread_alt = 0;
 	$comment_depth = 1;
 
-	$defaults = array('walker' => null, 'max_depth' => '', 'style' => 'ul', 'callback' => null, 'end-callback' => null, 'type' => 'all',
-		'page' => '', 'per_page' => '', 'avatar_size' => 32, 'reverse_top_level' => null, 'reverse_children' => '');
+	$defaults = array( 'walker' => null, 'max_depth' => '', 'style' => 'ul', 'callback' => null, 'end-callback' => null, 'type' => 'all',
+		'page' => '', 'per_page' => '', 'avatar_size' => 32, 'reverse_top_level' => null, 'reverse_children' => '', 'default_comments_page' => '' );
 
 	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
 
@@ -1335,8 +1335,9 @@
 		if ( empty($overridden_cpage) ) {
 			$r['page'] = get_query_var('cpage');
 		} else {
+			$default_comments_page = ( '' == $r['default_comments_page'] ) ? get_option('default_comments_page') : $r['default_comments_page'];
 			$threaded = ( -1 == $r['max_depth'] ) ? false : true;
-			$r['page'] = ( 'newest' == get_option('default_comments_page') ) ? get_comment_pages_count($_comments, $r['per_page'], $threaded) : 1;
+			$r['page'] = ( 'newest' == $default_comments_page ) ? get_comment_pages_count( $_comments, $r['per_page'], $threaded ) : 1;
 			set_query_var( 'cpage', $r['page'] );
 		}
 	}