1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/buffer.h b/src/buffer.h
index 87d646f35fe..8345c8fa06f 100644
--- a/src/buffer.h
+++ b/src/buffer.h
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ extern void enlarge_buffer_text P_ ((struct buffer *, int));
    and store the charpos in CHARPOS and the bytepos in BYTEPOS.  */
 
 #define DECODE_POSITION(charpos, bytepos, pos)                  \
-if (1)                                                          \
+do                                                              \
   {                                                             \
     Lisp_Object __pos = (pos);                                  \
     if (NUMBERP (__pos))                                        \
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ if (1)								\
     else                                                        \
       wrong_type_argument (Qinteger_or_marker_p, __pos);        \
   }                                                             \
-else
+while (0)
 
 /* Return the address of byte position N in current buffer.  */