diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/pascal.el b/lisp/progmodes/pascal.el
index b0191c029b9..fce059bafc7 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/pascal.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/pascal.el
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ See also `pascal-comment-area'."
   (interactive)
   (catch 'found
     (if (not (looking-at (concat "\\s \\|\\s)\\|" pascal-defun-re)))
-	(forward-sexp 1))
+	(ignore-errors (forward-sexp 1)))
     (let ((nest 0) (max -1) (func 0)
 	  (reg (concat pascal-beg-block-re "\\|"
 		       pascal-end-block-re "\\|"
diff --git a/test/lisp/progmodes/pascal-tests.el b/test/lisp/progmodes/pascal-tests.el
index 10d6e0433d0..ed4c6fb03e0 100644
--- a/test/lisp/progmodes/pascal-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/progmodes/pascal-tests.el
@@ -52,4 +52,12 @@
         (should (equal completions nil))
         (should (equal point-before point-after))))))
 
+(ert-deftest pascal-beg-of-defun ()
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (pascal-mode)
+    (insert "program test; procedure p(")
+    (forward-char -1)
+    (pascal-beg-of-defun)
+    (should (equal (point) 15))))
+
 (provide 'pascal-tests)