Index: weight.module
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--- weight.module	(revision 405)
+++ weight.module	(revision 406)
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
 
   // Node edit page weight selector.
   if (isset($form['type']) && $form['type']['#value'] .'_node_form' == $form_id) {
+    $node = $form['#node'];
     if (user_access('assign node weight') || user_access('administer nodes')) {
-      $node = $form['#node'];
       if (in_array($node->type, $weight_node_types)) {
         $range = variable_get('weight_range', 20);
         $position = variable_get('weight_position', 0);
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
           $form['weight_form']['node_weight']['#description'] .= '<br /> '. t('<strong>Note</strong>: If this node is used in a menu, then this weight will be ignored.');
         }
       }
+    } else { 
+      $form['node_weight'] = array(
+        '#type' => 'value',
+	'#value' => (int)$node->node_weight,
+      );
     }
   }
 }