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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el
index c8a07738fe5..d795dbd390c 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ UPatterns can take the following forms:
`QPAT matches if the QPattern QPAT matches.
(pred PRED) matches if PRED applied to the object returns non-nil.
(guard BOOLEXP) matches if BOOLEXP evaluates to non-nil.
+If a SYMBOL is used twice in the same pattern (i.e. the pattern is
+\"non-linear\"), then the second occurrence is turned into an `eq'uality test.
QPatterns can take the following forms:
(QPAT1 . QPAT2) matches if QPAT1 matches the car and QPAT2 the cdr.
@@ -465,7 +467,12 @@ and otherwise defers to REST which is a list of branches of the form
(pcase--u1 matches code vars then-rest)
(pcase--u else-rest))))
((symbolp upat)
- (pcase--u1 matches code (cons (cons upat sym) vars) rest))
+ (if (not (assq upat vars))
+ (pcase--u1 matches code (cons (cons upat sym) vars) rest)
+ ;; Non-linear pattern. Turn it into an `eq' test.
+ (pcase--u1 (cons `(match ,sym . (pred (eq ,(cdr (assq upat vars)))))
+ matches)
+ code vars rest)))
((eq (car-safe upat) '\`)
(pcase--q1 sym (cadr upat) matches code vars rest))
((eq (car-safe upat) 'or)