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-rw-r--r--lisp/simple.el2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 798a706886e..6bb122646b1 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ If N is negative, find the previous or Nth previous match."
(cond ((= narg -1)
(setq elt minibuffer-default))
((= narg 0)
- (setq elt minibuffer-text-before-history)
+ (setq elt (or minibuffer-text-before-history ""))
(setq minibuffer-text-before-history nil))
(t (setq elt (nth (1- minibuffer-history-position)
(symbol-value minibuffer-history-variable)))))