diff --git a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/FieldInstance.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/FieldInstance.php
index 75040c0..7a99be2 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/FieldInstance.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/FieldInstance.php
@@ -39,14 +39,11 @@ public function __construct(array $definition) {
   /**
    * Returns the Widget plugin for the instance.
    *
-   * @param bool $skip_cache
-   *   (optional) Whether to skiup the static cache. Defaults to FALSE.
-   *
    * @return \Drupal\field\Plugin\Type\Widget\WidgetInterface
    *   The Widget plugin to be used for the instance.
    */
-  public function getWidget($skip_cache = FALSE) {
-    if (empty($this->widget) || $skip_cache) {
+  public function getWidget() {
+    if (empty($this->widget)) {
       $widget_properties = $this->definition['widget'];
 
       // Let modules alter the widget properties.
diff --git a/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc b/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc
index 7c779fb..df38d93 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.admin.inc
@@ -944,14 +944,17 @@ function field_ui_default_value_widget($field, $instance, &$form, &$form_state)
     $field_type = field_info_field_types($field['type']);
     $default_widget = field_info_widget_types($field_type['default_widget']);
 
-    $instance['widget']['type'] = $default_widget['id'];
-    $instance['widget']['settings'] = $default_widget['settings'];
+    $instance['widget'] = array(
+      'type' => $default_widget['id'],
+      'settings' => $default_widget['settings'],
+      'weight' => 0,
+    );
   }
 
   // Insert the widget. Since we do not use the "official" instance definition,
   // the whole flow cannot use field_invoke_method().
   $items = (array) $instance['default_value'];
-  $element += $instance->getWidget(TRUE)->form($entity, LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED, $items, $element, $form_state);
+  $element += $instance->getWidget()->form($entity, LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED, $items, $element, $form_state);
 
   return $element;
 }