1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ido.el b/lisp/ido.el
index 049ef96cb08..d4c5d4fbeec 100644
--- a/lisp/ido.el
+++ b/lisp/ido.el
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ for first matching file."
     (when (and (or ido-rotate-temp ido-rotate-file-list-default)
                (> (length text) 0))
       (let ((elt (assoc text res)))
-        (unless (eq elt (car res))
+        (when (and elt (not (eq elt (car res))))
           (setq res (delq elt res))
           (setq res (cons elt res)))))
     (message nil)