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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el
index 2022d3ab7d4..fc7ea2415e0 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el
@@ -198,11 +198,17 @@ TYPE should be nil to find a function, or `defvar' to find a variable."
(let* ((path (cons (or find-function-source-path load-path)
(find-library-suffixes)))
(def (if (eq (function-called-at-point) 'require)
- (save-excursion
- (backward-up-list)
- (forward-char)
- (backward-sexp -2)
- (thing-at-point 'symbol))
+ ;; `function-called-at-point' may return 'require
+ ;; with `point' anywhere on this line. So wrap the
+ ;; `save-excursion' below in a `condition-case' to
+ ;; avoid reporting a scan-error here.
+ (condition-case nil
+ (save-excursion
+ (backward-up-list)
+ (forward-char)
+ (forward-sexp 2)
+ (thing-at-point 'symbol))
+ (error nil))
(thing-at-point 'symbol))))
(when def
(setq def (and (locate-file-completion def path 'test) def)))