diff --git a/src/wp-includes/option.php b/src/wp-includes/option.php
index 82625f764e..05c6cc7421 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/option.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/option.php
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ function add_option( $option, $value = '', $deprecated = '', $autoload = 'yes' )
 	$notoptions = wp_cache_get( 'notoptions', 'options' );
 	if ( !is_array( $notoptions ) || !isset( $notoptions[$option] ) )
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/option.php */
-		if ( apply_filters( 'default_option_' . $option, false, $option ) !== get_option( $option ) )
+		if ( apply_filters( 'default_option_' . $option, false, $option, false ) !== get_option( $option ) )
 			return false;
 
 	$serialized_value = maybe_serialize( $value );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/option/registration.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/option/registration.php
index 7e18e09afb..98c7d5b91a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/option/registration.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/option/registration.php
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ class Tests_Option_Registration extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 'Fuck Leukemia', get_option( 'test_default', 'Fuck Leukemia' ) );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 38930
+	 */
+	public function test_add_option_with_no_options_cache() {
+		register_setting( 'test_group', 'test_default', array(
+			'default' => 'My Default :)',
+		));
+		wp_cache_delete( 'notoptions', 'options' );
+		$this->assertTrue( add_option( 'test_default', 'hello' ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( 'hello', get_option( 'test_default' ) );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @expectedDeprecated register_setting
 	 */