(search_command): When moving to LIM on failure, return LIM.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 9de9bece213..abb38c70241 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -502,9 +502,10 @@ search_command (string, bound, noerror, count, direction, RE)
         {
           if (lim < BEGV || lim > ZV)
             abort ();
-          SET_PT (lim);
+          np = lim;
         }
-      return Qnil;
+      else
+        return Qnil;
     }
 
   if (np < BEGV || np > ZV)