Index: wp-includes/post.php
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--- wp-includes/post.php	(revision 20313)
+++ wp-includes/post.php	(working copy)
@@ -3206,7 +3206,7 @@
  */
 function get_page_by_title($page_title, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
 	global $wpdb;
-	$page = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = %s AND post_type= %s", $page_title, $post_type ) );
+	$page = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = %s AND post_type= %s AND post_status = 'publish'", $page_title, $post_type ) );
 	if ( $page )
 		return get_page($page, $output);