1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
index 6fc6f899e49..fe7367e9639 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
@@ -975,6 +975,11 @@ See documentation of variable `tags-file-name'."
         (re-search-forward pat nil t)
         (error "`%s' not found in %s; time to rerun etags"
                pat buffer-file-name)))
+  ;; Position point at the right place
+  ;; if the search string matched an extra Ctrl-m at the beginning.
+  (and (eq selective-display t)
+       (looking-at "\^m")
+       (forward-char 1))
   (beginning-of-line))
 
 (defun etags-list-tags (file)