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-rw-r--r--src/search.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 85c15a0de47..53187c2c485 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ Use `store-match-data' to reinstate the data in this list.")
int i, len;
if (NILP (last_thing_searched))
- error ("match-data called before any match found");
+ return Qnil;
data = (Lisp_Object *) alloca ((2 * search_regs.num_regs)
* sizeof (Lisp_Object));