Index: src/wp-includes/ms-functions.php
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--- src/wp-includes/ms-functions.php	(revision 29709)
+++ src/wp-includes/ms-functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -1379,7 +1379,9 @@
 	make_db_current_silent( 'blog' );
 	populate_options();
 	populate_roles();
-	$wp_roles->_init();
+
+    // populate_roles() clears previous role definitions so we start over.
+	$wp_roles = new WP_Roles();
 
 	$url = untrailingslashit( $url );