1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
index 0277bd0aabc..8e1068a5bed 100644
--- a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
@@ -3468,7 +3468,9 @@ system TYPE.")
                       inode             ;10 "inode number".
                       -1                ;11 device number [v19 only]
                       ))))
-      (ange-ftp-real-file-attributes file id-format))))
+      (if id-format
+          (ange-ftp-real-file-attributes file id-format)
+        (ange-ftp-real-file-attributes file)))))
 
 (defun ange-ftp-file-newer-than-file-p (f1 f2)
   (let ((f1-parsed (ange-ftp-ftp-name f1))