1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/international/mule-util.el b/lisp/international/mule-util.el
index 79abfcc79e4..0c4c895077f 100644
--- a/lisp/international/mule-util.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule-util.el
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ or one is an alias of the other."
     (if (and parent (interactive-p))
         (message "Highest priority is set to %s (parent of %s)"
                  parent coding-system))
-    ))
+    (setq-default buffer-file-coding-system (or parent coding-system))))
 
 
 ;;; Composite charcater manipulations.