diff --git a/modules/node/node.install b/modules/node/node.install
index 4be27cb..a94cbbc 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/modules/node/node.install
@@ -442,7 +442,21 @@ function node_update_dependencies() {
  * @ingroup update-api-6.x-to-7.x
  */
 function _update_7000_node_get_types() {
-  return db_query('SELECT * FROM {node_type}')->fetchAllAssoc('type', PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
+  $node_types = db_query('SELECT * FROM {node_type}')->fetchAllAssoc('type', PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
+
+  // Create default settings for orphan nodes.
+  $extra_types = db_query('SELECT DISTINCT type FROM {node} WHERE type NOT IN (:types)', array(':types' => array_keys($node_types)))->fetchCol();
+  foreach ($extra_types as $type) {
+    $type_object = new stdClass;
+    $type_object->type = $type;
+    // Always create a body. Querying node_revisions for a non-empty body
+    // would skip creating body fields for types that have a body but
+    // the nodes of that type so far had empty bodies.
+    $type_object->has_body = 1;
+    $type_object->body_label = 'Body';
+    $node_types[$type_object->type] = $type_object;
+  }
+  return $node_types;
 }
 
 /**