1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index d5606365396..8ea17e01018 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -1442,13 +1442,14 @@ Differences in #targets are ignored."
       (setq file "!"))
      ((string-match "\\`[.]" file)
       (setq file (concat "!" file))))
-    (let ((count 1))
+    (let ((count 1)
+          (stem file)
+          (suffix ""))
+      (when (string-match "\\`\\(.*\\)\\([.][^.]+\\)" file)
+        (setq stem (match-string 1)
+              suffix (match-string 2)))
       (while (file-exists-p (expand-file-name file directory))
-        (setq file
-              (if (string-match "\\`\\(.*\\)\\([.][^.]+\\)" file)
-                  (format "%s(%d)%s" (match-string 1 file)
-                          count (match-string 2 file))
-                (format "%s(%d)" file count)))
+        (setq file (format "%s(%d)%s" stem count suffix))
         (setq count (1+ count)))
       (expand-file-name file directory)))