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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/dired.c b/src/dired.c
index f04ed255883..a3b02f089ff 100644
--- a/src/dired.c
+++ b/src/dired.c
@@ -82,12 +82,15 @@ If NOSORT is non-nil, the list is not sorted--its order is unpredictable.\n\
   if (!NILP (match))
     {
       CHECK_STRING (match, 3);
-      /* Compile it now so we don't get an error after opendir */
+
+      /* MATCH might be a flawed regular expression.  Rather than
+	 catching and signalling our own errors, we just call
+	 compile_pattern to do the work for us.  */
 #ifdef VMS
-      compile_pattern (match, &searchbuf,
+      compile_pattern (match, &searchbuf, 0
 		       buffer_defaults.downcase_table->contents);
 #else
-      compile_pattern (match, &searchbuf, 0);
+      compile_pattern (match, &searchbuf, 0, 0);
 #endif
     }