1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/diff.el b/lisp/diff.el
index f181873384b..358ad9a4c24 100644
--- a/lisp/diff.el
+++ b/lisp/diff.el
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ is nil, REGEXP matches only half a section.")
               ;; We have found as many new loci as the user wants,
               ;; or the user wanted a specific diff, and we're past it.
           (setq found-desired t)))
-    (if found-desired
-        (setq compilation-parsing-end (point))
-      ;; Set to point-max, not point, so we don't perpetually
-      ;; parse the last bit of text when it isn't a diff header.
-      (setq compilation-parsing-end (point-max)))
+    (set-marker compilation-parsing-end
+                (if found-desired (point)
+                  ;; Set to point-max, not point, so we don't perpetually
+                  ;; parse the last bit of text when it isn't a diff header.
+                  (point-max)))
     (message "Parsing differences...done"))
   (setq compilation-error-list (nreverse compilation-error-list)))