1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-compat.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-compat.el
index e6e6d118709..8403a8a655f 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-compat.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-compat.el
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ Summary:
   (if (memq method '(no-next-method no-applicable-method))
       (symbol-function method)
     (let ((generic (cl-generic-ensure-function method)))
-      (symbol-function (cl--generic-name generic)))))
+      (or (symbol-function (cl--generic-name generic))
+          (cl--generic-make-function generic)))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun eieio--defmethod (method kind argclass code)