diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index f201b36c25..42bff05e36 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -3685,7 +3685,7 @@ function get_term_link( $term, $taxonomy = '') {
  *
  * @param array $args Override the defaults.
  */
-function the_taxonomies($args = array()) {
+function the_taxonomies( $args = array() ) {
 	$defaults = array(
 		'post' => 0,
 		'before' => '',
@@ -3695,9 +3695,8 @@ function the_taxonomies($args = array()) {
 	);
 
 	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
-	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
 
-	echo $before . join($sep, get_the_taxonomies($post, $r)) . $after;
+	echo $r['before'] . join( $r['sep'], get_the_taxonomies( $r['post'], $r ) ) . $r['after'];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php
index fbab63f2a4..979cca14b8 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ class Tests_Taxonomy extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( array( 'category', 'post_tag' ), array_keys( $taxes ) );
 	}
 
+	function test_the_taxonomies() {
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create();
+
+		ob_start();
+		the_taxonomies( array( 'post' => $post_id ) );
+		$output = ob_get_clean();
+
+		$link = get_category_link( 1 );
+		$expected = "Categories: <a href='$link'>Uncategorized</a>.";
+		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $output );
+	}
+
 	function test_get_link_taxonomy() {
 		foreach ( get_object_taxonomies('link') as $taxonomy ) {
 			$tax = get_taxonomy($taxonomy);