* lisp/subr.el (remq): Handle the empty list. (Bug#9024)

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 729013ba54c..81ce153600c 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-07-09  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * subr.el (remq): Handle the empty list.  (Bug#9024)
+
 2011-07-08  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
 
         * mail/sendmail.el (send-mail-function): No longer delay custom
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 48158466c6b..5c9d6c8d724 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ SEQ must be a list, vector, or string.  The comparison is done with `equal'."
   "Return LIST with all occurrences of ELT removed.
 The comparison is done with `eq'.  Contrary to `delq', this does not use
 side-effects, and the argument LIST is not modified."
-  (while (eq elt (car list)) (setq list (cdr list)))
+  (while (and (eq elt (car list)) (setq list (cdr list))))
   (if (memq elt list)
       (delq elt (copy-sequence list))
     list))