1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ls-lisp.el b/lisp/ls-lisp.el
index cd6c68b46b9..48a7616e445 100644
--- a/lisp/ls-lisp.el
+++ b/lisp/ls-lisp.el
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ The switches that work are: A a c i r S s t u"
                   (ls-lisp-handle-switches file-alist switches))
             (while file-alist
               (setq elt (car file-alist)
-                    short (car elt)
-                    attr  (cdr elt)
                     file-alist (cdr file-alist)
-                    fil (concat dir short)
-                    sum (+ sum (nth 7 attr)))
-              (insert (ls-lisp-format short attr switches)))
+                    short (car elt)
+                    attr (cdr elt))
+              (and attr
+                   (setq sum (+ sum (nth 7 attr)))
+                   (insert (ls-lisp-format short attr switches))))
             ;; Fill in total size of all files:
             (save-excursion
               (search-backward "total \007")