1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/savehist.el b/lisp/savehist.el
index 03f0889ef58..8f46adbeb95 100644
--- a/lisp/savehist.el
+++ b/lisp/savehist.el
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Be careful to do it while preserving the current history data."
          ;; effectively destroy the user's data at the next save.
          (setq savehist-mode nil)
          (savehist-uninstall)
-         (signal (car errvar) (cdr errvar))))
+         (signal errvar)))
 
       ;; In case we're loading the file late, there was info in the history
       ;; variables that may have been overwritten by the info extracted from