1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
index 70343580209..ae3af3cc644 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ possibly preceded by keyword pairs as described in `easy-menu-define'."
   (let ((menu (make-sparse-keymap menu-name))
         prop keyword arg label enable filter visible help)
     ;; Look for keywords.
-    (while (and menu-items (cdr menu-items)
-                (symbolp (setq keyword (car menu-items)))
-                (= ?: (aref (symbol-name keyword) 0)))
+    (while (and menu-items
+                (cdr menu-items)
+                (keywordp (setq keyword (car menu-items))))
       (setq arg (cadr menu-items))
       (setq menu-items (cddr menu-items))
       (cond
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ possibly preceded by keyword pairs as described in `easy-menu-define'."
              cache cache-specified)
         (setq label (setq name (aref item 0)))
         (if no-name (setq command (easy-menu-make-symbol command)))
-        (if (and (symbolp active) (= ?: (aref (symbol-name active) 0)))
+        (if (keywordp active)
             (let ((count 2)
                   keyword arg suffix visible style selected keys)
               (setq active nil)