diff --git a/core/authorize.php b/core/authorize.php
index 6bc28085401a8a8ce9dfc447ca4eb78016dc04ed..d812f2e4857db2cb18a1aa73bcc9ed84666f731a 100644
--- a/core/authorize.php
+++ b/core/authorize.php
@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@
  */
 const MAINTENANCE_MODE = 'update';
 
-/**
- * Renders a 403 access denied page for authorize.php.
- */
-function authorize_access_denied_page() {
-  drupal_add_http_header('Status', '403 Forbidden');
-  watchdog('access denied', 'authorize.php', NULL, WATCHDOG_WARNING);
-  drupal_set_title('Access denied');
-  return t('You are not allowed to access this page.');
-}
-
 /**
  * Determines if the current user is allowed to run authorize.php.
  *
@@ -97,11 +87,11 @@ function authorize_access_allowed() {
   // Load the code that drives the authorize process.
   require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/authorize.inc';
 
-  if (isset($_SESSION['authorize_operation']['page_title'])) {
-    drupal_set_title($_SESSION['authorize_operation']['page_title']);
+  if (isset($_SESSION['authorize_page_title'])) {
+    $page_title = $_SESSION['authorize_page_title'];
   }
   else {
-    drupal_set_title(t('Authorize file system changes'));
+    $page_title = t('Authorize file system changes');
   }
 
   // See if we've run the operation and need to display a report.
@@ -113,7 +103,7 @@ function authorize_access_allowed() {
     unset($_SESSION['authorize_filetransfer_info']);
 
     if (!empty($results['page_title'])) {
-      drupal_set_title($results['page_title']);
+      $page_title = $results['page_title'];
     }
     if (!empty($results['page_message'])) {
       drupal_set_message($results['page_message']['message'], $results['page_message']['type']);
@@ -161,12 +151,18 @@ function authorize_access_allowed() {
   $show_messages = !(($batch = batch_get()) && isset($batch['running']));
 }
 else {
-  $output = authorize_access_denied_page();
+  drupal_add_http_header('Status', '403 Forbidden');
+  watchdog('access denied', 'authorize.php', NULL, WATCHDOG_WARNING);
+  $page_title = t('Access denied');
+  $output = t('You are not allowed to access this page.');
 }
 
 if (!empty($output)) {
   drupal_add_http_header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');
   $maintenance_page = array(
+    '#page' => array(
+      '#title' => $page_title,
+    ),
     '#theme' => 'maintenance_page',
     '#content' => $output,
     '#show_messages' => $show_messages,
diff --git a/core/includes/authorize.inc b/core/includes/authorize.inc
index 70fb4ca17bf855dd97c369acf32e8bd40564341c..238a3c6805535b9a208ac31e5e1e59eef907a402 100644
--- a/core/includes/authorize.inc
+++ b/core/includes/authorize.inc
@@ -290,10 +290,6 @@ function authorize_run_operation($filetransfer) {
   $operation = $_SESSION['authorize_operation'];
   unset($_SESSION['authorize_operation']);
 
-  if (!empty($operation['page_title'])) {
-    drupal_set_title($operation['page_title']);
-  }
-
   require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $operation['file'];
   call_user_func_array($operation['callback'], array_merge(array($filetransfer), $operation['arguments']));
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.module b/core/modules/system/system.module
index 4befe46025adfaff8e0d6d89e450f7372d9ae46b..67b25fec06bc0a2cb630bb517afadfd3134346b5 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.module
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ function system_authorized_init($callback, $file, $arguments = array(), $page_ti
   );
 
   if (isset($page_title)) {
-    $_SESSION['authorize_operation']['page_title'] = $page_title;
+    $_SESSION['authorize_page_title'] = $page_title;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/update/update.authorize.inc b/core/modules/update/update.authorize.inc
index c4f3ad8edfa811a6140001fc0f1a9fb09edb636f..3bfdbcf4bcd6dff1d009f6e3953a5b9178d05305 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/update.authorize.inc
+++ b/core/modules/update/update.authorize.inc
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ function update_authorize_update_batch_finished($success, $results) {
   $_SESSION['authorize_results']['page_message'] = $page_message;
   $_SESSION['authorize_results']['messages'] = $results['log'];
   $_SESSION['authorize_results']['tasks'] = $results['tasks'];
-  $_SESSION['authorize_operation']['page_title'] = t('Update manager');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -296,7 +295,6 @@ function update_authorize_install_batch_finished($success, $results) {
   $_SESSION['authorize_results']['page_message'] = $page_message;
   $_SESSION['authorize_results']['messages'] = $results['log'];
   $_SESSION['authorize_results']['tasks'] = $results['tasks'];
-  $_SESSION['authorize_operation']['page_title'] = t('Update manager');
 }
 
 /**