* lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: Fix package--ensure-init-file

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index 6fb5ba45468..f3333751606 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -1781,7 +1781,9 @@ using `package-compute-transaction'."
            (contains-init
             (if buffer
                 (with-current-buffer buffer
-                  (search-forward "(package-initialize)" nil 'noerror))
+                  (save-excursion
+                    (goto-char (point-min))
+                    (search-forward "(package-initialize)" nil 'noerror)))
               (with-temp-buffer
                 (insert-file-contents user-init-file)
                 (goto-char (point-min))