diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index 2c28aae..6ae72cf 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -6995,6 +6995,7 @@
     char_u	*linecopy;
     pos_T	*trypos;
     pos_T	*tryposBrace = NULL;
+    pos_T	tryposBraceCopy;
     pos_T	our_paren_pos;
     char_u	*start;
     int		start_brace;
@@ -7532,7 +7533,11 @@
 	/*
 	 * We are inside braces, there is a { before this line at the position
 	 * stored in tryposBrace.
+	 * Make a copy of tryposBrace, it may point to pos_copy inside
+	 * find_start_brace(), which may be changed somewhere.
 	 */
+	tryposBraceCopy = *tryposBrace;
+	tryposBrace = &tryposBraceCopy;
 	trypos = tryposBrace;
 	ourscope = trypos->lnum;
 	start = ml_get(ourscope);