1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 286e7d10dbd..e81a34f073e 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ Returns the new value of the alist."
                          (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
                          (beginning-of-line)
                          (forward-char 2)
-                         (looking-at dired-re-perms))))
+                         (save-match-data (looking-at dired-re-perms)))))
         (save-excursion
           (goto-char (match-beginning 1))
           (setq new-dir-name