diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
index f07b25e36c..b65e28ce98 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
@@ -70,24 +70,28 @@ function _wp_ajax_menu_quick_search( $request = array() ) {
 
 	} elseif ( preg_match('/quick-search-(posttype|taxonomy)-([a-zA-Z_-]*\b)/', $type, $matches) ) {
 		if ( 'posttype' == $matches[1] && get_post_type_object( $matches[2] ) ) {
-			query_posts(array(
-				'posts_per_page' => 10,
-				'post_type' => $matches[2],
-				's' => $query,
-			));
-			if ( ! have_posts() )
+			$search_results_query = new WP_Query( array(
+				'no_found_rows'          => true,
+				'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
+				'update_post_term_cache' => false,
+				'posts_per_page'         => 10,
+				'post_type'              => $matches[2],
+				's'                      => $query,
+			) );
+			if ( ! $search_results_query->have_posts() ) {
 				return;
-			while ( have_posts() ) {
-				the_post();
+			}
+			while ( $search_results_query->have_posts() ) {
+				$post = $search_results_query->next_post();
 				if ( 'markup' == $response_format ) {
-					$var_by_ref = get_the_ID();
+					$var_by_ref = $post->ID;
 					echo walk_nav_menu_tree( array_map('wp_setup_nav_menu_item', array( get_post( $var_by_ref ) ) ), 0, (object) $args );
 				} elseif ( 'json' == $response_format ) {
 					echo wp_json_encode(
 						array(
-							'ID' => get_the_ID(),
-							'post_title' => get_the_title(),
-							'post_type' => get_post_type(),
+							'ID' => $post->ID,
+							'post_title' => get_the_title( $post->ID ),
+							'post_type' => $matches[2],
 						)
 					);
 					echo "\n";
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/menu/wpAjaxMenuQuickSearch.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/menu/wpAjaxMenuQuickSearch.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54fa9cfdb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/menu/wpAjaxMenuQuickSearch.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @group menu
+ */
+class Tests_Menu_WpAjaxMenuQuickSeach extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 27042
+	 */
+	public function test_search_returns_results_for_pages() {
+		include_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php';
+
+		self::factory()->post->create_many( 3, array( 'post_type' => 'page', 'post_content' => 'foo' ) );
+		self::factory()->post->create( array( 'post_type' => 'page', 'post_content' => 'bar' ) );
+
+		$request = array(
+			'type'            => 'quick-search-posttype-page',
+			'q'               => 'foo',
+			'response-format' => 'json',
+		);
+
+		$output = get_echo( '_wp_ajax_menu_quick_search', array( $request ) );
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $output );
+
+		$results = explode( "\n", trim( $output ) );
+		$this->assertCount( 3, $results );
+	}
+}