diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
index bba47ffb71..4acadadca1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
@@ -209,8 +209,15 @@ class WP {
 
 						if ( $wp_rewrite->use_verbose_page_rules && preg_match( '/pagename=\$matches\[([0-9]+)\]/', $query, $varmatch ) ) {
 							// This is a verbose page match, let's check to be sure about it.
-							if ( ! get_page_by_path( $matches[ $varmatch[1] ] ) )
+							$page = get_page_by_path( $matches[ $varmatch[1] ] );
+							if ( ! $page ) {
 						 		continue;
+							}
+
+							$post_status_obj = get_post_status_object( $page->post_status );
+							if ( ! $post_status_obj->public && ! $post_status_obj->protected && ! $post_status_obj->private ) {
+								continue;
+							}
 						}
 
 						// Got a match.
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rewrite-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/rewrite-functions.php
index a42535b4a4..2f9be5ad99 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rewrite-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rewrite-functions.php
@@ -397,8 +397,15 @@ function url_to_postid( $url ) {
 
 			if ( $wp_rewrite->use_verbose_page_rules && preg_match( '/pagename=\$matches\[([0-9]+)\]/', $query, $varmatch ) ) {
 				// This is a verbose page match, let's check to be sure about it.
-				if ( ! get_page_by_path( $matches[ $varmatch[1] ] ) )
+				$page = get_page_by_path( $matches[ $varmatch[1] ] );
+				if ( ! $page ) {
 					continue;
+				}
+
+				$post_status_obj = get_post_status_object( $page->post_status );
+				if ( ! $post_status_obj->public && ! $post_status_obj->protected && ! $post_status_obj->private ) {
+					continue;
+				}
 			}
 
 			// Got a match.
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/rewrite.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/rewrite.php
index 601b4cd528..02b3441a2b 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/rewrite.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/rewrite.php
@@ -306,4 +306,36 @@ class Tests_Rewrite extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertQueryTrue( 'is_front_page', 'is_page', 'is_singular' );
 		$this->assertFalse( is_home() );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 21970
+	 */
+	function test_url_to_postid_with_post_slug_that_clashes_with_a_trashed_page() {
+		$this->set_permalink_structure( '/%postname%/' );
+
+		$page_id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_type' => 'page', 'post_status' => 'trash' ) );
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_title' => get_post( $page_id )->post_title ) );
+		
+		$this->assertEquals( $post_id, url_to_postid( get_permalink( $post_id ) ) );
+
+		$this->set_permalink_structure();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 21970
+	 */
+	function test_parse_request_with_post_slug_that_clashes_with_a_trashed_page() {
+		$this->set_permalink_structure( '/%postname%/' );
+
+		$page_id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_type' => 'page', 'post_status' => 'trash' ) );
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_title' => get_post( $page_id )->post_title ) );
+		
+		$this->go_to( get_permalink( $post_id ) );
+
+		$this->assertTrue( is_single() );
+		$this->assertFalse( is_404() );
+
+		$this->set_permalink_structure();
+	}
+
 }