1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index fdb00c813d6..7c795950bf4 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -3088,7 +3088,8 @@ User is always nil."
     (with-parsed-tramp-file-name filename nil
       (unwind-protect
           (if (not (file-exists-p filename))
-              (tramp-message v 0 "(New file)")
+              (tramp-error
+               v 'file-error "File `%s' not found on remote host" filename)
 
             (with-tramp-progress-reporter
                 v 3 (format "Inserting `%s'" filename)