diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 0ccf2f1d22..df7d86a835 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ next-error-no-select
   (interactive "p")
   (let ((next-error-highlight next-error-highlight-no-select))
     (next-error n))
-  (pop-to-buffer next-error-last-buffer))
+  (let ((display-buffer-overriding-action '(display-buffer-reuse-window)))
+    (pop-to-buffer next-error-last-buffer)))
 
 (defun previous-error-no-select (&optional n)
   "Move point to the previous error in the `next-error' buffer and highlight match.