(update-file-autoloads): Go to the beginning of FILE before searching it

for generate-autoload-cookie.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index 0950a1af574..8c184070be3 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -263,7 +263,10 @@ autoloads go somewhere else.")
           (if (save-excursion
                 (set-buffer (find-file-noselect file))
                 (save-excursion
-                  (search-forward generate-autoload-cookie nil t)))
+                  (save-restriction
+                    (widen)
+                    (goto-char (point-min))
+                    (search-forward generate-autoload-cookie nil t))))
               ;; There are autoload cookies in FILE.
               ;; Have the user tell us where to put the new section.
               (progn