diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index b01f9f361c..1d3f373f7e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ function wp_add_dashboard_widget( $widget_id, $widget_name, $callback, $control_
 	$location = 'normal';
 	if ( in_array($widget_id, $side_widgets) )
 		$location = 'side';
-	add_meta_box( $widget_id, $widget_name , $callback, $screen->id, $location, 'core' );
+
+	$priority = 'core';
+	if ( 'dashboard_browser_nag' === $widget_id )
+		$priority = 'high';
+
+	add_meta_box( $widget_id, $widget_name, $callback, $screen->id, $location, $priority );
 }
 
 function _wp_dashboard_control_callback( $dashboard, $meta_box ) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 0c4b2ad766..b6bba78c48 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -943,14 +943,7 @@ function do_meta_boxes($page, $context, $object) {
 		// Grab the ones the user has manually sorted. Pull them out of their previous context/priority and into the one the user chose
 		if ( !$already_sorted && $sorted = get_user_option( "meta-box-order_$page" ) ) {
 			foreach ( $sorted as $box_context => $ids ) {
-				$_ids = explode(',', $ids);
-
-				if ( $k = array_search('dashboard_browser_nag', $_ids, true) ) { // it's ok if this is the first value, i.e. $k == 0
-					unset($_ids[$k]);
-					array_unshift($_ids, 'dashboard_browser_nag');
-				}
-
-				foreach ( $_ids as $id ) {
+				foreach ( explode(',', $ids ) as $id ) {
 					if ( $id )
 						add_meta_box( $id, null, null, $page, $box_context, 'sorted' );
 				}