diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index d0649d7..525ebb5 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -7117,10 +7117,30 @@ function drupal_implode_tags($tags) {
  * invokes a hook so that other modules' cache data can be cleared as well.
  */
 function drupal_flush_all_caches() {
+  // Rebuild class registry and module information.
+  registry_rebuild();
+
+  // Clear core cache tables. This is required to come first, so all following
+  // operations are not able to invoke API functions that reload stale
+  // information from the database cache (which in turn might be cached in a
+  // static variable).
+  // Don't clear cache_form - in-progress form submissions may break.
+  // Page cache is cleared separately below, after most rebuilds (especially
+  // menu rebuild) have been done.
+  foreach (array('cache_bootstrap', 'cache') as $table) {
+    cache_clear_all('*', $table, TRUE);
+  }
+
+  // Ensure that all following rebuilds can rely on fresh entity information
+  // and other potentially cached data by resetting all static caches.
+  // Rebuilding of class registry and modules, as well as flushing of core
+  // caches potentially acts on previously known information, but this
+  // interdependency cannot be resolved differently.
+  drupal_static_reset();
+
   // Change query-strings on css/js files to enforce reload for all users.
   _drupal_flush_css_js();
-
-  registry_rebuild();
+  // CSS and JS caches may rely on custom module-provided stream wrappers.
   drupal_clear_css_cache();
   drupal_clear_js_cache();
 
@@ -7129,19 +7149,26 @@ function drupal_flush_all_caches() {
   system_rebuild_theme_data();
   drupal_theme_rebuild();
 
+  // Rebuilding node types requires fresh entity information. The rebuild will
+  // also rebuild entity information, if not triggered through other means above
+  // already. Additionally, node_menu() defines router items based on node types
+  // so they need to be rebuilt before hook_menu() is invoked.
+  // @todo Replace with a hook_rebuild(); contributed modules potentially also
+  //   need to rebuild data before hook_menu() is invoked.
   node_types_rebuild();
-  // node_menu() defines menu items based on node types so it needs to come
-  // after node types are rebuilt.
+
+  // Rebuild the menu router. Many hook_menu() implementations register router
+  // items based on entity information.
   menu_rebuild();
 
   // Synchronize to catch any actions that were added or removed.
   actions_synchronize();
 
-  // Don't clear cache_form - in-progress form submissions may break.
-  // Ordered so clearing the page cache will always be the last action.
-  $core = array('cache', 'cache_filter', 'cache_bootstrap', 'cache_page');
-  $cache_tables = array_merge(module_invoke_all('flush_caches'), $core);
-  foreach ($cache_tables as $table) {
+  // Clear module caches. Some implementations of hook_flush_caches() are not
+  // only returning cache tables to flush, but additionally attempt to rebuild
+  // module data, which may rely on various core registries and caches.
+  // Therefore, invoke these last, after flushing and rebuilding core data.
+  foreach (module_invoke_all('flush_caches') as $table) {
     cache_clear_all('*', $table, TRUE);
   }
 
@@ -7149,6 +7176,9 @@ function drupal_flush_all_caches() {
   // can get new hook_boot() implementations registered without having to
   // write a hook_update_N() function.
   _system_update_bootstrap_status();
+
+  // Clear the page cache after all cache flushes and rebuilds.
+  cache_clear_all('*', 'cache_page', TRUE);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/filter/filter.module b/modules/filter/filter.module
index 66fadcb..f4e7503 100644
--- a/modules/filter/filter.module
+++ b/modules/filter/filter.module
@@ -768,6 +768,13 @@ function check_markup($text, $format_id = NULL, $langcode = '', $cache = FALSE)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_flush_caches().
+ */
+function filter_flush_caches() {
+  return array('cache_filter');
+}
+
+/**
  * Expands an element into a base element with text format selector attached.
  *
  * The form element will be expanded into two separate form elements, one