reverted:
--- b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeFormController.php
+++ a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeFormController.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   protected function prepareEntity() {
     $node = $this->entity;
     // Set up default values, if required.
+    $node_options = variable_get('node_options_' . $node->type, array('status', 'promote'));
-    $node_options = variable_get('node_options_' . $node->type, array('status'));
     // If this is a new node, fill in the default values.
     if (!isset($node->nid) || isset($node->is_new)) {
       foreach (array('status', 'promote', 'sticky') as $key) {
interdiff impossible; taking evasive action
reverted:
--- b/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ a/core/modules/node/node.install
@@ -1147,28 +1147,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Change default promoted flag of node types to enabled.
- *
- * The default for 'Promoted to front page' was changed from enabled to
- * disabled. Since enabled was the implicit default previously, and may not have
- * been explicitly configured as such, this update ensures that the old implicit
- * default is still the default.
- */
-function node_update_8019() {
-  // Fetch the available node types.
-  $types = db_query('SELECT type FROM {node_type}')->fetchCol();
-
-  foreach ($types as $type) {
-    $options = variable_get("node_options_$type");
-    if (!isset($options)) {
-      $options['promote'] = 'promote';
-      $options['status'] = 'status';
-      variable_set("node_options_$type", $options);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
  * @} End of "addtogroup updates-7.x-to-8.x"
  * The next series of updates should start at 9000.
  */
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.install
@@ -1160,6 +1160,28 @@ function node_update_8019() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Change default promoted flag of node types to enabled.
+ *
+ * The default for 'Promoted to front page' was changed from enabled to
+ * disabled. Since enabled was the implicit default previously, and may not have
+ * been explicitly configured as such, this update ensures that the old implicit
+ * default is still the default.
+ */
+function node_update_8020() {
+  // Fetch the available node types.
+  $types = db_query('SELECT type FROM {node_type}')->fetchCol();
+
+  foreach ($types as $type) {
+    $options = variable_get("node_options_$type");
+    if (!isset($options)) {
+      $options['promote'] = 'promote';
+      $options['status'] = 'status';
+      variable_set("node_options_$type", $options);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "addtogroup updates-7.x-to-8.x"
  * The next series of updates should start at 9000.
  */