2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 29d47ab4226..c0b009773c8 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-02-01  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * nnir.el (nnir-request-update-mark): Don't try to update the source
+        group if we can't find it (bug#16611).
+
 2014-01-31  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
         * nnimap.el (nnimap-transform-headers): Fix Davmail header parsing.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnir.el b/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
index 7088bbb8029..404cab114da 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
@@ -834,7 +834,8 @@ skips all prompting."
 (deffoo nnir-request-update-mark (group article mark)
   (let ((artgroup (nnir-article-group article))
         (artnumber (nnir-article-number article)))
-    (gnus-request-update-mark artgroup artnumber mark)))
+    (when (and artgroup artnumber)
+      (gnus-request-update-mark artgroup artnumber mark))))
 
 (deffoo nnir-request-set-mark (group actions &optional server)
   (nnir-possibly-change-group group server)