1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/xselect.c.old b/src/xselect.c.old
index aa415afc663..cb7697270c2 100644
--- a/src/xselect.c.old
+++ b/src/xselect.c.old
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ use X selections.")
   Time event_time = last_event_timestamp;
   CHECK_STRING (string, 0);
 
+  val = Qnil;
+
   if (NILP (type) || EQ (type, Qprimary))
     {
       BLOCK_INPUT;
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ use X selections.")
       XStoreBytes (x_current_display,
                    (char *) XSTRING (string)->data,
                    XSTRING (string)->size);
+      val = string;
       UNBLOCK_INPUT;
     }
   else