diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index b45abb618d8..eb12b67e733 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2013-05-30  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+	* spam-stat.el (spam-stat-save):
+	No need to tweak font-lock in temp buffers.
+
 	* shr.el (shr-put-image): Silence compiler.
 
 2013-05-29  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el b/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el
index d75e8198842..135bfd48e5f 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ With a prefix argument save unconditionally."
   (when (or force spam-stat-dirty)
     (let ((coding-system-for-write spam-stat-coding-system))
       (with-temp-file spam-stat-file
-	(let ((standard-output (current-buffer))
-	      (font-lock-maximum-size 0))
+	(let ((standard-output (current-buffer)))
 	  (insert (format ";-*- coding: %s; -*-\n" spam-stat-coding-system))
 	  (insert (format "(setq spam-stat-ngood %d spam-stat-nbad %d
 spam-stat (spam-stat-to-hash-table '(" spam-stat-ngood spam-stat-nbad))