diff --git a/lisp/vc/log-view.el b/lisp/vc/log-view.el
index e6eb6a5b973..af24fcfd398 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/log-view.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/log-view.el
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ log-view-mode-menu
      :help "Go to the previous count'th log message"]
     ["Next File"  log-view-file-next
      :help "Go to the next count'th file"
-     :active (derived-mode-p vc-cvs-log-view-mode
-                             vc-rcs-log-view-mode
-                             vc-sccs-log-view-mode)]
+     :active (derived-mode-p 'vc-cvs-log-view-mode
+                             'vc-rcs-log-view-mode
+                             'vc-sccs-log-view-mode)]
     ["Previous File"  log-view-file-prev
      :help "Go to the previous count'th file"
-     :active (derived-mode-p vc-cvs-log-view-mode
-                             vc-rcs-log-view-mode
-                             vc-sccs-log-view-mode)]))
+     :active (derived-mode-p 'vc-cvs-log-view-mode
+                             'vc-rcs-log-view-mode
+                             'vc-sccs-log-view-mode)]))
 
 (defvar log-view-mode-hook nil
   "Hook run at the end of `log-view-mode'.")