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diff --git a/lisp/files-x.el b/lisp/files-x.el
index adc2b8b3bf3..a130ffcf928 100644
--- a/lisp/files-x.el
+++ b/lisp/files-x.el
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
;;; files-x.el --- extended file handling commands
-;; Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
-;; Maintainer: FSF
+;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
;; Keywords: files
;; Package: emacs
@@ -247,7 +247,14 @@ then this function adds the first line containing the string
`Local Variables:' and the last line containing the string `End:'."
(interactive
(let ((variable (read-file-local-variable "Add file-local variable")))
+ ;; Error before reading value.
+ (if (equal variable 'lexical-binding)
+ (user-error "The `%s' variable must be set at the start of the file"
+ variable))
(list variable (read-file-local-variable-value variable) t)))
+ (if (equal variable 'lexical-binding)
+ (user-error "The `%s' variable must be set at the start of the file"
+ variable))
(modify-file-local-variable variable value 'add-or-replace interactive))
;;;###autoload