diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index 65ac886..0aad428 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -6300,8 +6300,9 @@
 
 /*
  * Write time_t to file "fd" in 8 bytes.
+ * Returns FAIL when the write failed.
  */
-    void
+    int
 put_time(fd, the_time)
     FILE	*fd;
     time_t	the_time;
@@ -6309,7 +6310,7 @@
     char_u	buf[8];
 
     time_to_bytes(the_time, buf);
-    (void)fwrite(buf, (size_t)8, (size_t)1, fd);
+    return fwrite(buf, (size_t)8, (size_t)1, fd) == 1 ? OK : FAIL;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/proto/misc2.pro b/src/proto/misc2.pro
index 4a955e3..35e1a8e 100644
--- a/src/proto/misc2.pro
+++ b/src/proto/misc2.pro
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 time_t get8ctime __ARGS((FILE *fd));
 char_u *read_string __ARGS((FILE *fd, int cnt));
 int put_bytes __ARGS((FILE *fd, long_u nr, int len));
-void put_time __ARGS((FILE *fd, time_t the_time));
+int put_time __ARGS((FILE *fd, time_t the_time));
 void time_to_bytes __ARGS((time_t the_time, char_u *buf));
 int has_non_ascii __ARGS((char_u *s));
 void parse_queued_messages __ARGS((void));
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 23bd3f7..1b42524 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1061,
+/**/
     1060,
 /**/
     1059,