1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ediff.el b/lisp/ediff.el
index 6c13a72fa34..4fa53216219 100644
--- a/lisp/ediff.el
+++ b/lisp/ediff.el
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ The file is the one visited by the current buffer."
          (file-name (if file-buffer (buffer-file-name  file-buffer))))
     (if (not file-name)
         (error "Buffer %s doesn't exist or doesn't visit any file.  Why patch?"
-               file-name))
+               buffer-name))
     
     (ediff-patch-file file-name startup-hooks)))