diff --git a/lisp/skeleton.el b/lisp/skeleton.el
index 90e3819cb7fd9954e17279202295671d35bf48f4..e3cebba916498d8bd37905c027e3d577121f8c5a 100644
--- a/lisp/skeleton.el
+++ b/lisp/skeleton.el
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ available:
 	(or (eolp) (not skeleton-end-newline) (newline-and-indent))
 	(run-hooks 'skeleton-end-hook)
 	(sit-for 0)
-	(or (pos-visible-in-window-p beg)
+	(or (not (eq (window-buffer) (current-buffer)))
+            (pos-visible-in-window-p beg)
 	    (progn
 	      (goto-char beg)
 	      (recenter 0)))