1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el
index 80d1625ec9b..8d4274d63a3 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ ARGS is a list of additional keyword arguments."
       (let ((char (car cs))
             (syntax (cdr cs)))
         (if (sequencep char)
-            (mapcar (lambda (c) (modify-syntax-entry c syntax st)) char)
+            (mapc (lambda (c) (modify-syntax-entry c syntax st)) char)
           (modify-syntax-entry char syntax st))))
     (if parent (set-char-table-parent
                 st (if (symbolp parent) (symbol-value parent) parent)))