This was fixed upstream. (To contact Emacs upstream, always mail bug-gnu-emacs@gnu rather than the original file author, who in many cases is no longer the maintainer.)
Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2013-10/msg00165.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org