diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index e5d914cd82..def6609ca2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ function wp_dashboard_setup() {
 	// Incoming Links Widget
 	if ( !isset( $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links'] ) || !isset( $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['home'] ) || $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['home'] != get_option('home') ) {
 		$update = true;
+		$num_items = isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['items']) ? $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['items'] : 10;
 		$widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links'] = array(
 			'home' => get_option('home'),
-			'link' => apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_link', 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&scoring=d&partner=wordpress&q=link:' . trailingslashit( get_option('home') ) ),
-			'url' => isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['url']) ? apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_feed', $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['url'] ) : apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_feed', 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=20&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:' . trailingslashit( get_option('home') ) ),
-			'items' => isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['items']) ? $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['items'] : 10,
+			'link' => apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_link', 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?scoring=d&partner=wordpress&q=link:' . trailingslashit( get_option('home') ) ),
+			'url' => isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['url']) ? apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_feed', $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['url'] ) : apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_feed', 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=' . $num_items . '&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:' . trailingslashit( get_option('home') ) ),
+			'items' => $num_items,
 			'show_date' => isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['show_date']) ? $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['show_date'] : false
 		);
 	}