diff --git a/lisp/electric.el b/lisp/electric.el
index e8ceaa6..874ec09 100644
--- a/lisp/electric.el
+++ b/lisp/electric.el
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 (defun electric--after-char-pos ()
   "Return the position after the char we just inserted.
 Returns nil when we can't find this char."
-  (let ((pos (point)))
+  (let ((pos (point-marker)))
     (when (or (eq (char-before) last-command-event) ;; Sanity check.
               (save-excursion
                 (or (progn (skip-chars-backward " \t")