1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/tar-mode.el b/lisp/tar-mode.el
index 8cad7472089..e7400e81e00 100644
--- a/lisp/tar-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/tar-mode.el
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ See also: variables `tar-update-datestamp' and `tar-anal-blocksize'.
      ;; tar data.  Rather than show a mysterious empty buffer, let's
      ;; revert to fundamental-mode.
      (fundamental-mode)
-     (signal (car err) (cdr err)))))
+     (signal err))))
 
 (autoload 'woman-tar-extract-file "woman"
   "In tar mode, run the WoMan man-page browser on this file." t)