Index: src/wp-includes/link-template.php
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--- src/wp-includes/link-template.php	(revision 27623)
+++ src/wp-includes/link-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1291,14 +1291,15 @@
 
 		// Build our arguments for WP_Query.
 		$query_args = array(
-			'posts_per_page'   => 1,
-			'post_status'      => 'publish',
-			'post_type'        => 'post',
-			'orderby'          => 'date',
-			'order'            => 'previous' === $this->adjacent ? 'DESC' : 'ASC',
-			'no_found_rows'    => true,
-			'cache_results'    => true,
-			'date_query'       => array(),
+			'posts_per_page'      => 1,
+			'post_status'         => 'publish',
+			'post_type'           => 'post',
+			'orderby'             => 'date',
+			'order'               => 'previous' === $this->adjacent ? 'DESC' : 'ASC',
+			'no_found_rows'       => true,
+			'cache_results'       => true,
+			'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
+			'date_query'          => array(),
 		);
 
 		$tax_query = array();