1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el
index 940b4869f51..1cda03ad0d5 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ of FORM by signaling the error at compile-time."
           (setq constant nil))
       (setq args (cdr args)))
     (if constant
-        (eval form)
+        (cons 'quote (eval form))
       form)))
 
 ;; Avoid having to write forward-... with a negative arg for speed.