The invention relates to a magnet-retaining spring (11), to an electric machine (10) containing such a magnet-retaining spring, and to a method for producing the electric machine (10), in particular for the motorized adjustment of moving parts in a motor vehicle, wherein the magnet-retaining spring (11) has a first leg (90) and a second leg (91), which are connected to each other by means of a bow (92), and the first and second legs (91, 92) span a plane (88) in space, wherein the bow (92) protrudes from the spanned plane (88).