1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 7156f22f57e..8e7b588322c 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -6430,7 +6430,7 @@ and `read-file-name-function'.  */)
       if (! replace_in_history)
         add_to_history = 1;
 
-      val = empty_string;
+      val = empty_unibyte_string;
     }
 
   unbind_to (count, Qnil);