diff --git a/oni-core.el b/oni-core.el
index 86b4b0b..3ee3b6a 100644
--- a/oni-core.el
+++ b/oni-core.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
 ;; Keywords: local
-;; Version: 2020.0426.153115
+;; Version: 2020.0426.214442
 ;; Package-Requires: (oni-data-dir expand-region multiple-cursors embrace helpful)
 
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
             (end-of-line)))
       (end-of-line))))
 
+(defun oni-core-recentf-save-list-silently ()
+  "Call ‘recentf-save-list’ but without showing a message about it."
+  (let ((inhibit-message t))
+    (recentf-save-list)))
+
 (add-to-list 'auto-save-file-name-transforms
 	         `(".*" ,oni-core--auto-save-directory t)
 	         :append)
@@ -149,12 +154,7 @@
 
 (unless oni-core--recentf-idle-timer
   (setq oni-core--recentf-idle-timer
-        (run-with-idle-timer
-         10
-         t
-         (lambda ()
-           (let ((inhibit-message t))
-             (recentf-save-list))))))
+        (run-with-idle-timer 10 t #'oni-core-recentf-save-list-silently)))
 
 (electric-indent-mode -1)
 (winner-mode)
diff --git a/test/oni-core-test.el b/test/oni-core-test.el
index eb9886e..b9cf0d2 100644
--- a/test/oni-core-test.el
+++ b/test/oni-core-test.el
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@
   ;; We already loaded it with the ‘require’ call above. We load it again so we
   ;; can check that the timer set up in it doesn’t appear twice.
   (load-library "oni-core")
-  (let* ((pred (lambda (elt) (eq 'recentf-save-list (aref elt 5))))
+  (let* ((pred (lambda (elt) (eq 'oni-core-recentf-save-list-silently (aref elt 5))))
          (matches (delete nil (mapcar pred timer-idle-list))))
    (should (eq 1 (length matches)))))