diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
index 3a51d17..1d15e51 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ class WP_Plugins_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		list( $plugin_file, $plugin_data ) = $item;
 		$context = $status;
 		$screen = $this->screen;
+		$is_checked = isset( $_GET['checked'] ) && in_array( $plugin_file, $_GET['checked'] ) ? true : false;
 
 		// Pre-order.
 		$actions = array(
@@ -665,8 +666,17 @@ class WP_Plugins_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		if ( $restrict_network_active || $restrict_network_only || in_array( $status, array( 'mustuse', 'dropins' ) ) ) {
 			$checkbox = '';
 		} else {
-			$checkbox = "<label class='screen-reader-text' for='" . $checkbox_id . "' >" . sprintf( __( 'Select %s' ), $plugin_data['Name'] ) . "</label>"
-				. "<input type='checkbox' name='checked[]' value='" . esc_attr( $plugin_file ) . "' id='" . $checkbox_id . "' />";
+			$checkbox = sprintf(
+				'<label class="screen-reader-text" for="%s">%s</label>',
+				$checkbox_id,
+				sprintf( __( 'Select %s' ), $plugin_data['Name'] )
+			);
+			$checkbox .= sprintf(
+				'<input type="checkbox" name="checked[]" value="%s" id="%s" %s />',
+				esc_attr( $plugin_file ),
+				$checkbox_id,
+				checked( $is_checked, true, false )
+			);
 		}
 		if ( 'dropins' != $context ) {
 			$description = '<p>' . ( $plugin_data['Description'] ? $plugin_data['Description'] : '&nbsp;' ) . '</p>';
diff --git src/wp-admin/plugins.php src/wp-admin/plugins.php
index 93aec79..bf9babf 100644
--- src/wp-admin/plugins.php
+++ src/wp-admin/plugins.php
@@ -114,7 +114,19 @@ if ( $action ) {
 				update_site_option( 'recently_activated', $recent );
 			}
 
-			wp_redirect( self_admin_url("plugins.php?activate-multi=true&plugin_status=$status&paged=$page&s=$s") );
+			$post_activation_query_args = array(
+				'activate-multi' => 'true',
+				'plugin_status'  => $status,
+				'paged'          => $page,
+				's'              => $s,
+				'checked'        => array(),
+			);
+
+			foreach ( $plugins as $checked_plugin ) {
+				$post_activation_query_args['checked'][] = $checked_plugin;
+			}
+
+			wp_redirect( esc_url_raw( add_query_arg( $post_activation_query_args, self_admin_url( 'plugins.php' ) ) ) );
 			exit;
 
 		case 'update-selected' :
@@ -223,7 +235,19 @@ if ( $action ) {
 				update_site_option( 'recently_activated', $deactivated + (array) get_site_option( 'recently_activated' ) );
 			}
 
-			wp_redirect( self_admin_url("plugins.php?deactivate-multi=true&plugin_status=$status&paged=$page&s=$s") );
+			$post_deactivation_query_args = array(
+				'deactivate-multi' => 'true',
+				'plugin_status'    => $status,
+				'paged'            => $page,
+				's'                => $s,
+				'checked'          => array(),
+			);
+
+			foreach ( $plugins as $checked_plugin ) {
+				$post_deactivation_query_args['checked'][] = $checked_plugin;
+			}
+
+			wp_redirect( esc_url_raw( add_query_arg( $post_deactivation_query_args, self_admin_url( 'plugins.php' ) ) ) );
 			exit;
 
 		case 'delete-selected':