Prevent assertion failure when trying to complete the prompt

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 52a974fa21..dca32ba701 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-04-01  Daniel Colascione  <[email protected]>
+
+	* minibuffer.el (minibuffer-complete): Prevent assertion failure
+	when trying to complete the prompt.
+
 2014-03-31  Leo Liu  <[email protected]>
 
 	* emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-print-current-symbol-info): Refactor
diff --git a/lisp/minibuffer.el b/lisp/minibuffer.el
index bbb7114610..8e84a2fd30 100644
--- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
@@ -1092,9 +1092,10 @@ If no characters can be completed, display a list of possible completions.
 If you repeat this command after it displayed such a list,
 scroll the window of possible completions."
   (interactive)
-  (completion-in-region (minibuffer-prompt-end) (point-max)
-                        minibuffer-completion-table
-                        minibuffer-completion-predicate))
+  (when (<= (minibuffer-prompt-end) (point))
+    (completion-in-region (minibuffer-prompt-end) (point-max)
+                          minibuffer-completion-table
+                          minibuffer-completion-predicate)))
 
 (defun completion--in-region-1 (beg end)
   ;; If the previous command was not this,