diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 4cbccb0b1a2debaf3448a23d4117b9072ef7d737..f6e8eadcf8c84dfaff217869a2f0c66ce2209b7d 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ recursive_edit_1 ()
   /* Handle throw from read_minibuf when using minibuffer
      while it's active but we're in another window.  */
   if (STRINGP (val))
-    Fsignal (Qerror, Fcons (val, Qnil));
+    xsignal1 (Qerror, val);
 
   return unbind_to (count, Qnil);
 }