diff --git wp-includes/bookmark-template.php wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
index c27ce4a31a163bcbf0ea5bf0bf25fb569d65c788..1a9200b8fcabc61e529a50c3ec5a8e013e91651f 100644
--- wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
+++ wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
@@ -209,12 +209,14 @@ function wp_list_bookmarks($args = '') {
 		'category_after' => '</li>'
 	);
 
-	if ( empty( $args['category'] ) )
-		$args['categorize'] = 0;
+
 
 	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
 	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
 
+	if ( empty( $args['category'] ) )
+		$categorize = 0;
+	
 	$output = '';
 
 	if ( $categorize ) {
@@ -253,4 +255,4 @@ function wp_list_bookmarks($args = '') {
 	if ( !$echo )
 		return $output;
 	echo $output;
-}
+}
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