=== modified file 'lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el'
--- lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el	2011-01-25 04:08:28 +0000
+++ lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el	2011-08-27 16:50:49 +0000
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@
 	 (if (< count 0) (,next-sym (- count))
            ,(funcall when-narrowed
              `(unless (re-search-backward ,re nil t count)
-                (error "No previous %s" ,name)))
+                (goto-char (point-min))
+		(error "No previous %s" ,name)))
            ,@body))
        (put ',prev-sym 'definition-name ',base))))