1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index e27f87bcbcf..2248963102a 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -5011,6 +5011,7 @@ This does code conversion according to the value of
   if (!NILP (start) && !STRINGP (start))
     validate_region (&start, &end);
 
+  visit_file = Qnil;
   GCPRO5 (start, filename, visit, visit_file, lockname);
 
   filename = Fexpand_file_name (filename, Qnil);