2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 109504037d..0d7e2f7b5d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -19626,7 +19626,10 @@ void ex_function(exarg_T *eap)
       break;
     }
   }
-  ++p;          /* skip the ')' */
+  if (*p != ')') {
+    goto erret;
+  }
+  ++p;  // skip the ')'
 
   /* find extra arguments "range", "dict" and "abort" */
   for (;; ) {
diff --git a/src/nvim/version.c b/src/nvim/version.c
index b5a2d6d8f8..e36eb0919b 100644
--- a/src/nvim/version.c
+++ b/src/nvim/version.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static int included_patches[] = {
   // 819,
   // 818,
   // 817,
-  // 816,
+  816,
   815,
   814,
   813,