1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index 4490cb7533d..4614a5c42cb 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Autoload section for %s is up to date."
                 (setq found 'new)
                 ;; No later sections in the file.  Put before the last page.
                 (goto-char (point-max))
-                (search-backward "\f")))
+                (search-backward "\f" nil t)))
           (or (eq found 'up-to-date)
               (and (eq found 'new)
                    ;; Check that FILE has any cookies before generating a