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diff --git a/lisp/arc-mode.el b/lisp/arc-mode.el
index 6e65d64bb81..a91e9aebe3b 100644
--- a/lisp/arc-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/arc-mode.el
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ archive.
;; mode on and off. You can corrupt things that way.
(if (zerop (buffer-size))
;; At present we cannot create archives from scratch
- (funcall (default-value 'major-mode))
+ (funcall (or (default-value 'major-mode) 'fundamental-mode))
(if (and (not force) archive-files) nil
(let* ((type (archive-find-type))
(typename (capitalize (symbol-name type))))