1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/bytecode.c b/src/bytecode.c
index 141f5adda84..f3a07dced35 100644
--- a/src/bytecode.c
+++ b/src/bytecode.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ by Hallvard:
 #include <config.h>
 #include "lisp.h"
 #include "buffer.h"
-#include "charset.h"
+#include "character.h"
 #include "syntax.h"
 #include "window.h"
 
@@ -1437,10 +1437,17 @@ If the third argument is incorrect, Emacs may crash.  */)
           break;
 
         case Bchar_syntax:
-          BEFORE_POTENTIAL_GC ();
-          CHECK_NUMBER (TOP);
-          AFTER_POTENTIAL_GC ();
-          XSETFASTINT (TOP, syntax_code_spec[(int) SYNTAX (XINT (TOP))]);
+          {
+            int c;
+
+            BEFORE_POTENTIAL_GC ();
+            CHECK_CHARACTER (TOP);
+            AFTER_POTENTIAL_GC ();
+            c = XFASTINT (TOP);
+            if (NILP (current_buffer->enable_multibyte_characters))
+              MAKE_CHAR_MULTIBYTE (c);
+            XSETFASTINT (TOP, syntax_code_spec[(int) SYNTAX (c)]);
+          }
           break;
 
         case Bbuffer_substring: