3 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/file_search.c b/src/nvim/file_search.c
index b213a42c52..8c4a2f8275 100644
--- a/src/nvim/file_search.c
+++ b/src/nvim/file_search.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ static ff_visited_list_hdr_T *ff_get_visited_list(char_u *filename, ff_visited_l
  */
 static int ff_wc_equal(char_u *s1, char_u *s2)
 {
-  int i;
+  int i, j;
   int prev1 = NUL;
   int prev2 = NUL;
 
@@ -1067,18 +1067,19 @@ static int ff_wc_equal(char_u *s1, char_u *s2)
   if (s1 == NULL || s2 == NULL)
     return FALSE;
 
-  if (STRLEN(s1) != STRLEN(s2))
-    return FAIL;
-
-  for (i = 0; s1[i] != NUL && s2[i] != NUL; i += MB_PTR2LEN(s1 + i)) {
+  for (i = 0, j = 0; s1[i] != NUL;) {
     int c1 = PTR2CHAR(s1 + i);
-    int c2 = PTR2CHAR(s2 + i);
+    int c2 = PTR2CHAR(s2 + j);
 
     if ((p_fic ? vim_tolower(c1) != vim_tolower(c2) : c1 != c2)
-        && (prev1 != '*' || prev2 != '*'))
+        && (prev1 != '*' || prev2 != '*')) {
       return FAIL;
+    }
     prev2 = prev1;
     prev1 = c1;
+
+    i += MB_PTR2LEN(s1 + i);
+    j += MB_PTR2LEN(s2 + j);
   }
   return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/src/nvim/path.c b/src/nvim/path.c
index 8b9a49dfc0..e0e5f19911 100644
--- a/src/nvim/path.c
+++ b/src/nvim/path.c
@@ -1775,19 +1775,20 @@ bool same_directory(char_u *f1, char_u *f2)
  */
 int pathcmp(const char *p, const char *q, int maxlen)
 {
-  int i;
+  int i, j;
   int c1, c2;
   const char  *s = NULL;
 
-  for (i = 0; maxlen < 0 || i < maxlen; i += MB_PTR2LEN((char_u *)p + i)) {
+  for (i = 0, j = 0; maxlen < 0 || (i < maxlen && j < maxlen);) {
     c1 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)p + i);
-    c2 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)q + i);
+    c2 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)q + j);
 
     /* End of "p": check if "q" also ends or just has a slash. */
     if (c1 == NUL) {
       if (c2 == NUL)        /* full match */
         return 0;
       s = q;
+      i = j;
       break;
     }
 
@@ -1811,9 +1812,13 @@ int pathcmp(const char *p, const char *q, int maxlen)
       return p_fic ? vim_toupper(c1) - vim_toupper(c2)
              : c1 - c2;         /* no match */
     }
+
+    i += MB_PTR2LEN((char_u *)p + i);
+    j += MB_PTR2LEN((char_u *)q + j);
   }
-  if (s == NULL)        /* "i" ran into "maxlen" */
+  if (s == NULL) {  // "i" or "j" ran into "maxlen"
     return 0;
+  }
 
   c1 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)s + i);
   c2 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)s + i + MB_PTR2LEN((char_u *)s + i));
diff --git a/src/nvim/version.c b/src/nvim/version.c
index 487f3fc27b..0c36996854 100644
--- a/src/nvim/version.c
+++ b/src/nvim/version.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int included_patches[] = {
   // 838,
   // 837 NA
   836,
-  // 835,
+  835,
   834,
   // 833,
   // 832,