2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ead1915cef1..3f730aba5e2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2014-02-09  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+        * dired.el (dired-internal-do-deletions): Don't say "Deleting..."
+        before we actually start to delete things (bug#16331).
+
         * subr.el (event-start): Doc fix (bug#14228).
         (event-end): Ditto.
 
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 5e0c9047005..36a432c05ce 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -2905,11 +2905,7 @@ non-empty directories is allowed."
   (let* ((files (mapcar (function car) l))
          (count (length l))
          (succ 0)
-         (trashing (and trash delete-by-moving-to-trash))
-         (progress-reporter
-          (make-progress-reporter
-           (if trashing "Trashing..." "Deleting...")
-           succ count)))
+         (trashing (and trash delete-by-moving-to-trash)))
     ;; canonicalize file list for pop up
     (setq files (nreverse (mapcar (function dired-make-relative) files)))
     (if (dired-mark-pop-up
@@ -2918,7 +2914,11 @@ non-empty directories is allowed."
                  (if trashing "Trash" "Delete")
                  (dired-mark-prompt arg files)))
         (save-excursion
-          (let (failures);; files better be in reverse order for this loop!
+          (let ((progress-reporter
+                 (make-progress-reporter
+                  (if trashing "Trashing..." "Deleting...")
+                  succ count))
+                failures) ;; files better be in reverse order for this loop!
             (while l
               (goto-char (cdr (car l)))
               (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
@@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ non-empty directories is allowed."
                       (dired-fun-in-all-buffers
                        (file-name-directory fn) (file-name-nondirectory fn)
                        (function dired-delete-entry) fn))
-                  (error;; catch errors from failed deletions
+                  (error ;; catch errors from failed deletions
                    (dired-log "%s\n" err)
                    (setq failures (cons (car (car l)) failures)))))
               (setq l (cdr l)))