diff --git a/src/regexp.c b/src/regexp.c
index 6ae05f8..85e0458 100644
--- a/src/regexp.c
+++ b/src/regexp.c
@@ -6113,7 +6113,7 @@
 	    {
 		if (ireg_ic && enc_utf8)
 		    cf = utf_fold(utf_ptr2char(opnd));
-		while (count < maxcount)
+		while (count < maxcount && (*mb_ptr2len)(scan) >= len)
 		{
 		    for (i = 0; i < len; ++i)
 			if (opnd[i] != scan[i])
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4097dac..8f994cd 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    714,
+/**/
     713,
 /**/
     712,