1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index 58f708a0c1e..3d222090ca6 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -1110,10 +1110,11 @@ to combine them into one, and does so if the user says y."
               (save-restriction
                 ;; This is just so the screen doesn't change.
                 (narrow-to-region (point-min) old-max)
-                (goto-char old-point)
-                (setq query-asked t)
-                (if (y-or-n-p (format "Message contains multiple %s fields.  Combine? " field))
-                    (setq query-answer t))))
+                (save-excursion
+                  (goto-char old-point)
+                  (setq query-asked t)
+                  (if (y-or-n-p (format "Message contains multiple %s fields.  Combine? " field))
+                      (setq query-answer t)))))
             (when query-answer
               (let ((this-to-start (line-beginning-position))
                     this-to-end