diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 3507f94..409564b 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@
 	 * Deleting the current buffer: Need to find another buffer to go to.
 	 * There should be another, otherwise it would have been handled
 	 * above.  However, autocommands may have deleted all buffers.
-	 * First use au_new_curbuf, if it is valid.
+	 * First use au_new_curbuf.br_buf, if it is valid.
 	 * Then prefer the buffer we most recently visited.
 	 * Else try to find one that is loaded, after the current buffer,
 	 * then before the current buffer.
@@ -1302,8 +1302,8 @@
 	buf = NULL;	/* selected buffer */
 	bp = NULL;	/* used when no loaded buffer found */
 #ifdef FEAT_AUTOCMD
-	if (au_new_curbuf != NULL && buf_valid(au_new_curbuf))
-	    buf = au_new_curbuf;
+	if (au_new_curbuf.br_buf != NULL && bufref_valid(&au_new_curbuf))
+	    buf = au_new_curbuf.br_buf;
 # ifdef FEAT_JUMPLIST
 	else
 # endif