1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 563726d1265..7927a52d1b1 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ This happens for interactive use with M-x.")
       /* If we didn't complain already, silently delete existing file.  */
       if (errno == EEXIST)
         {
-          unlink (XSTRING (filename)->data);
+          unlink (XSTRING (linkname)->data);
           if (0 <= symlink (XSTRING (filename)->data, XSTRING (linkname)->data))
             return Qnil;
         }