1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mnt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mnt.el
index 893d95db05c..aeb7fb2258d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mnt.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mnt.el
@@ -297,12 +297,14 @@ The returned value is a list of strings, one per line."
 
 (defmacro lm-with-file (file &rest body)
   "Execute BODY in a buffer containing the contents of FILE.
-If FILE is nil, just return nil."
+If FILE is nil, execute BODY in the current buffer."
   (let ((filesym (make-symbol "file")))
     `(let ((,filesym ,file))
-       (when ,filesym 
-         (with-temp-buffer
-           (insert-file-contents ,filesym)
+       (if ,filesym
+           (with-temp-buffer
+             (insert-file-contents ,filesym)
+             ,@body)
+         (save-excursion 
            ,@body)))))
 (put 'lm-with-file 'lisp-indent-function 1)
 (put 'lm-with-file 'edebug-form-spec t)