1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index ba70412edaf..a6c58bc2425 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ do_autoload (fundef, funname)
       second = Fcdr (first);
       first = Fcar (first);
 
-      if (CONSP (second) && EQ (XCAR (second), Qautoload))
+      if (SYMBOLP (first) && CONSP (second) && EQ (XCAR (second), Qautoload))
         Fput (first, Qautoload, (XCDR (second)));
 
       queue = XCDR (queue);