X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=emacs%2Fnotmuch-lib.el;fp=emacs%2Fnotmuch-lib.el;h=06ca8cdcbc498391561c26f2730a16a1bea65674;hb=db0fd8e782914b3d7524b775d71a73651f4b4ed2;hp=21fa25824373ced9c69b0a81953dcc8790f5a0b1;hpb=d57ce9ca71c8f54c72fbb5a3da617d979557b1e2;p=notmuch

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
index 21fa2582..06ca8cdc 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
@@ -917,7 +917,8 @@ status."
 (defun notmuch-start-notmuch-sentinel (proc event)
   "Process sentinel function used by `notmuch-start-notmuch'."
   (let* ((err-buffer (process-get proc 'err-buffer))
-	 (err (and (not (zerop (buffer-size err-buffer)))
+	 (err (and (buffer-live-p err-buffer)
+		   (not (zerop (buffer-size err-buffer)))
 		   (with-current-buffer err-buffer (buffer-string))))
 	 (sub-sentinel (process-get proc 'sub-sentinel))
 	 (real-command (process-get proc 'real-command)))