1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
index 6e10b596e23..a84a7aca52c 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ That buffer should be current already."
                (end (progn (skip-syntax-forward "w_") (point)))
                (sym (intern-soft (buffer-substring-no-properties
                                   beg end)))
-               (file (and sym (symbol-file sym))))
+               (file (and sym (symbol-file sym 'defun))))
           (when file
             (goto-char beg)
             ;; help-xref-button needs to operate on something matched