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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
index db7e75dfd2b..05fa16da499 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ is a positive number, return a a substring consisting of the
first LENGTH characters of STRING. If LENGTH is negative, return
a substring consisitng of thelast LENGTH characters of STRING."
(cond
- ((<= (length string) length) string)
+ ((<= (length string) (abs length)) string)
((>= length 0) (substring string 0 length))
(t (substring string (+ (length string) length)))))