3 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/encode.c b/src/nvim/eval/encode.c
index b7af102681..31779a544f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/encode.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/encode.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ int encode_read_from_list(ListReaderState *const state, char *const buf,
     do { \
       const char *const fun_ = (const char *)(fun); \
       if (fun_ == NULL) { \
-        EMSG2(_(e_intern2), "string(): NULL function name"); \
+        internal_error("string(): NULL function name"); \
         ga_concat(gap, "function(NULL"); \
       } else { \
         ga_concat(gap, "function("); \
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/typval.c b/src/nvim/eval/typval.c
index 5040695b09..53c56d0ffd 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/typval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/typval.c
@@ -1880,14 +1880,20 @@ static inline void _nothing_conv_func_end(typval_T *const tv, const int copyID)
       tv->v_lock = VAR_UNLOCKED; \
     } while (0)
 
+static inline void _nothing_conv_empty_dict(typval_T *const tv,
+                                            dict_T **const dictp)
+  FUNC_ATTR_ALWAYS_INLINE FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(2)
+{
+  tv_dict_unref(*dictp);
+  *dictp = NULL;
+  if (tv != NULL) {
+    tv->v_lock = VAR_UNLOCKED;
+  }
+}
 #define TYPVAL_ENCODE_CONV_EMPTY_DICT(tv, dict) \
     do { \
       assert((void *)&dict != (void *)&TYPVAL_ENCODE_NODICT_VAR); \
-      tv_dict_unref((dict_T *)dict); \
-      *((dict_T **)&dict) = NULL; \
-      if (tv != NULL) { \
-        ((typval_T *)tv)->v_lock = VAR_UNLOCKED; \
-      } \
+      _nothing_conv_empty_dict(tv, ((dict_T **)&dict)); \
     } while (0)
 
 static inline int _nothing_conv_real_list_after_start(
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/typval_encode.c.h b/src/nvim/eval/typval_encode.c.h
index e9531178ef..f2d0d7265f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/typval_encode.c.h
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/typval_encode.c.h
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ _convert_one_value_regular_dict: {}
       break;
     }
     case VAR_UNKNOWN: {
-      EMSG2(_(e_intern2), STR(_TYPVAL_ENCODE_CONVERT_ONE_VALUE) "()");
+      internal_error(STR(_TYPVAL_ENCODE_CONVERT_ONE_VALUE) "()");
       return FAIL;
     }
   }