1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/tabify.el b/lisp/tabify.el
index da1038a2164..0b2411d0316 100644
--- a/lisp/tabify.el
+++ b/lisp/tabify.el
@@ -34,19 +34,21 @@ Called non-interactively, the region is specified by arguments
 START and END, rather than by the position of point and mark.
 The variable `tab-width' controls the spacing of tab stops."
   (interactive "r")
-  (save-excursion
-    (save-restriction
-      (narrow-to-region (point-min) end)
-      (goto-char start)
-      (while (search-forward "\t" nil t)        ; faster than re-search
-        (forward-char -1)
-        (let ((tab-beg (point))
-              (indent-tabs-mode nil)
-              column)
-          (skip-chars-forward "\t")
-          (setq column (current-column))
-          (delete-region tab-beg (point))
-          (indent-to column))))))
+  (let ((c (current-column)))
+    (save-excursion
+      (save-restriction
+        (narrow-to-region (point-min) end)
+        (goto-char start)
+        (while (search-forward "\t" nil t)      ; faster than re-search
+          (forward-char -1)
+          (let ((tab-beg (point))
+                (indent-tabs-mode nil)
+                column)
+            (skip-chars-forward "\t")
+            (setq column (current-column))
+            (delete-region tab-beg (point))
+            (indent-to column)))))
+    (move-to-column c)))
 
 (defvar tabify-regexp " [ \t]+"
   "Regexp matching whitespace that tabify should consider.