(gnus-ems-redefine): Require `gnus-mule' only

when enable-multibyte-characters is non-nil.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el
index 70b6a9333cb..f2eae20dd1a 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.el
@@ -198,8 +198,10 @@
        gnus-mouse-face-prop gnus-mouse-face)
       (insert " " gnus-tmp-subject-or-nil "\n"))
 
-    (require 'gnus-mule)
-    (gnus-mule-initialize)
+    (when (and (boundp 'enable-multibyte-characters)
+               enable-multibyte-characters)
+      (require 'gnus-mule)
+      (gnus-mule-initialize))
     )))
 
 (defun gnus-region-active-p ()