1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/saveplace.el b/lisp/saveplace.el
index 9dc7b858e37..34c88a89948 100644
--- a/lisp/saveplace.el
+++ b/lisp/saveplace.el
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ may have changed\) back to `save-place-alist'."
               (t
                t))))
         (condition-case nil
-            (write-file file)
+            ;; Don't use write-file; we don't want this buffer to visit it.
+            (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file)
           (file-error (message "Can't write %s" file)))
         (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
         (message "Saving places to %s...done" file)))))