1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
index dd386f14b7a..72f49bf3baf 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ the first time the mode is used."
       t
     (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode)
              (progn
-               (define-abbrev-table (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode) nil)
+               (define-abbrev-table (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name ',mode) nil)
                (make-abbrev-table))
              ,(format "Abbrev table for %s." mode)))))