1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 3e651414e68..aa344dfaf2d 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -1954,17 +1954,9 @@ DEFUN ("local-variable-p", Flocal_variable_p, Slocal_variable_p,
 BUFFER defaults to the current buffer.  */)
   (register Lisp_Object variable, Lisp_Object buffer)
 {
-  register struct buffer *buf;
+  register struct buffer *buf = decode_buffer (buffer);
   struct Lisp_Symbol *sym;
 
-  if (NILP (buffer))
-    buf = current_buffer;
-  else
-    {
-      CHECK_BUFFER (buffer);
-      buf = XBUFFER (buffer);
-    }
-
   CHECK_SYMBOL (variable);
   sym = XSYMBOL (variable);