1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
index be006618d83..bfe47d20d6c 100644
--- a/lisp/replace.el
+++ b/lisp/replace.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; replace.el --- replace commands for Emacs.
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 92, 94, 96, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -405,11 +405,9 @@ the matching is case-sensitive."
                       (format "List lines matching regexp (default `%s'): "
                               default)
                     "List lines matching regexp: ")
-                  nil nil nil 'regexp-history nil t)))
-           (if (string-equal input "")
-               default
-             (set-text-properties 0 (length input) nil input)
-             input))
+                  nil nil nil 'regexp-history default t)))
+           (set-text-properties 0 (length input) nil input)
+           input)
          current-prefix-arg))
   (let ((nlines (if nlines
                     (prefix-numeric-value nlines)