1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lmenu.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lmenu.el
index 5bbccbbdab8..25305346f57 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lmenu.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lmenu.el
@@ -246,11 +246,10 @@ The syntax, more precisely:
                       converted))))
       (setq tail (cdr tail)))
     (setq choice (x-popup-dialog t (cons name (nreverse converted))))
-    (setq meaning (assq choice converted))
-    (if meaning
-        (if (symbolp (cdr meaning))
-            (call-interactively (cdr meaning))
-          (eval (cdr meaning))))))
+    (if choice
+        (if (symbolp choice)
+            (call-interactively choice)
+          (eval choice)))))
 
 ;; This is empty because the usual elements of the menu bar
 ;; are provided by menu-bar.el instead.