1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/.gdbinit b/src/.gdbinit
index 3660155f62d..fe9ddf7dbb7 100644
--- a/src/.gdbinit
+++ b/src/.gdbinit
@@ -186,9 +186,10 @@ Print $ as a buffer-local-value pointer, assuming it is an Emacs Lisp Misc value
 end
 
 define xsymbol
-  xgetptr $
+  set $sym = $
+  xgetptr $sym
   print (struct Lisp_Symbol *) $ptr
-  xprintsym $
+  xprintsym $sym
   echo \n
 end
 document xsymbol