1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 841588d4c3..ebd13034d7 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -1620,17 +1620,9 @@ void set_var_lval(lval_T *lp, char *endp, typval_T *rettv, int copy, const bool
           lp->ll_n2 = tv_blob_len(lp->ll_blob) - 1;
         }
 
-        if (lp->ll_n2 - lp->ll_n1 + 1 != tv_blob_len(rettv->vval.v_blob)) {
-          emsg(_("E972: Blob value does not have the right number of bytes"));
+        if (tv_blob_set_range(lp->ll_blob, lp->ll_n1, lp->ll_n2, rettv) == FAIL) {
           return;
         }
-        if (lp->ll_empty2) {
-          lp->ll_n2 = tv_blob_len(lp->ll_blob);
-        }
-
-        for (int il = (int)lp->ll_n1, ir = 0; il <= (int)lp->ll_n2; il++) {
-          tv_blob_set(lp->ll_blob, il, tv_blob_get(rettv->vval.v_blob, ir++));
-        }
       } else {
         bool error = false;
         const char val = (char)tv_get_number_chk(rettv, &error);