1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/vim.c b/src/nvim/api/vim.c
index 653e6b34c7..b99311a61a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/vim.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/vim.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ Object vim_eval(String str, Error *err)
   try_start();
   typval_T *expr_result = eval_expr((char_u *) str.data, NULL);
 
+  if (!expr_result) {
+    set_api_error("Failed to eval expression", err);
+  }
+
   if (!try_end(err)) {
     // No errors, convert the result
     rv = vim_to_object(expr_result);