1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/image.el b/lisp/image.el
index 81ca8cfc4a9..daee7994b27 100644
--- a/lisp/image.el
+++ b/lisp/image.el
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ Optional DATA-P non-nil means FILE-OR-DATA is a string containing image data.
 Optional PROPS are additional image attributes to assign to the image,
 like, e.g. `:heuristic-mask t'.
 Value is the image created, or nil if images of type TYPE are not supported."
-  (unless (stringp file-or-data)
-    (error "Invalid image file name or data `%s'" file-or-data))
+  (when (and (not data-p) (not (stringp file-or-data)))
+    (error "Invalid image file name `%s'" file-or-data))
   (cond ((null data-p)
          ;; FILE-OR-DATA is a file name.
          (unless (or type
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Example:
                  (setq file (expand-file-name file data-directory))
                  (when (file-readable-p file)
                    (setq image (cons 'image (plist-put spec :file file)))))
-                ((stringp data)
+                ((not (null data))
                  (setq image (cons 'image spec)))))
         (setq specs (cdr specs))))
     `(defvar ,symbol ',image ,doc)))