1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_getln.c b/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
index fe45ba4568..f74086e45a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
@@ -5401,7 +5401,7 @@ char *script_get(exarg_T *const eap, size_t *const lenp)
 
   if (cmd[0] != '<' || cmd[1] != '<' || eap->getline == NULL) {
     *lenp = STRLEN(eap->arg);
-    return xmemdupz(eap->arg, *lenp);
+    return eap->skip ? NULL : xmemdupz(eap->arg, *lenp);
   }
 
   garray_T ga = { .ga_data = NULL, .ga_len = 0 };