diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index a5562cc..59778eb 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 static char_u	*do_one_cmd(char_u **, int, char_u *(*fgetline)(int, void *, int, int), void *cookie);
 static int	if_level = 0;		// depth in :if
 #endif
-static void	free_cmdmod(void);
 static void	append_command(char_u *cmd);
 
 #ifndef FEAT_MENU
@@ -2611,32 +2610,10 @@
 			? cmdnames[(int)ea.cmdidx].cmd_name : (char_u *)NULL);
 #endif
 
-    if (ea.verbose_save >= 0)
-	p_verbose = ea.verbose_save;
-
-    free_cmdmod();
+    undo_cmdmod(&ea, save_msg_scroll);
     cmdmod = save_cmdmod;
     reg_executing = save_reg_executing;
 
-    if (ea.save_msg_silent != -1)
-    {
-	// messages could be enabled for a serious error, need to check if the
-	// counters don't become negative
-	if (!did_emsg || msg_silent > ea.save_msg_silent)
-	    msg_silent = ea.save_msg_silent;
-	emsg_silent -= ea.did_esilent;
-	if (emsg_silent < 0)
-	    emsg_silent = 0;
-	// Restore msg_scroll, it's set by file I/O commands, even when no
-	// message is actually displayed.
-	msg_scroll = save_msg_scroll;
-
-	// "silent reg" or "silent echo x" inside "redir" leaves msg_col
-	// somewhere in the line.  Put it back in the first column.
-	if (redirecting())
-	    msg_col = 0;
-    }
-
 #ifdef HAVE_SANDBOX
     if (ea.did_sandbox)
 	--sandbox;
@@ -2927,11 +2904,14 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Free contents of "cmdmod".
+ * Unod and free contents of "cmdmod".
  */
-    static void
-free_cmdmod(void)
+    void
+undo_cmdmod(exarg_T *eap, int save_msg_scroll)
 {
+    if (eap->verbose_save >= 0)
+	p_verbose = eap->verbose_save;
+
     if (cmdmod.save_ei != NULL)
     {
 	// Restore 'eventignore' to the value before ":noautocmd".
@@ -2942,6 +2922,25 @@
 
     if (cmdmod.filter_regmatch.regprog != NULL)
 	vim_regfree(cmdmod.filter_regmatch.regprog);
+
+    if (eap->save_msg_silent != -1)
+    {
+	// messages could be enabled for a serious error, need to check if the
+	// counters don't become negative
+	if (!did_emsg || msg_silent > eap->save_msg_silent)
+	    msg_silent = eap->save_msg_silent;
+	emsg_silent -= eap->did_esilent;
+	if (emsg_silent < 0)
+	    emsg_silent = 0;
+	// Restore msg_scroll, it's set by file I/O commands, even when no
+	// message is actually displayed.
+	msg_scroll = save_msg_scroll;
+
+	// "silent reg" or "silent echo x" inside "redir" leaves msg_col
+	// somewhere in the line.  Put it back in the first column.
+	if (redirecting())
+	    msg_col = 0;
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro b/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro
index 8f5ac10..8505031 100644
--- a/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro
+++ b/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 void *getline_cookie(char_u *(*fgetline)(int, void *, int, int), void *cookie);
 char_u *getline_peek(char_u *(*fgetline)(int, void *, int, int), void *cookie);
 int parse_command_modifiers(exarg_T *eap, char **errormsg, int skip_only);
+void undo_cmdmod(exarg_T *eap, int save_msg_scroll);
 int parse_cmd_address(exarg_T *eap, char **errormsg, int silent);
 int checkforcmd(char_u **pp, char *cmd, int len);
 char_u *find_ex_command(exarg_T *eap, int *full, void *(*lookup)(char_u *, size_t, cctx_T *), cctx_T *cctx);
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_vim9_silent_echo.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_vim9_silent_echo.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5f7927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_vim9_silent_echo.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+| +0&#ffffff0@74
+|~+0#4040ff13&| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|:+0#0000000&|a|b|c> @70
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
index c3236ff..761dd57 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 source check.vim
 source view_util.vim
 source vim9.vim
+source screendump.vim
 
 func Test_def_basic()
   def SomeFunc(): string
@@ -903,5 +904,27 @@
   assert_equal('full', Line_continuation_in_def('.'))
 enddef
 
+def Test_silent_echo()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    vim9script
+    def EchoNothing()
+      silent echo ''
+    enddef
+    defcompile
+  END
+  writefile(lines, 'XTest_silent_echo')
+
+  " Check that the balloon shows up after a mouse move
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S XTest_silent_echo', {'rows': 6})
+  term_sendkeys(buf, ":abc")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_vim9_silent_echo', {})
+
+  " clean up
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  call delete('XTest_silent_echo')
+enddef
+
 
 " vim: ts=8 sw=2 sts=2 expandtab tw=80 fdm=marker
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 23a9434..b6ed058 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1137,
+/**/
     1136,
 /**/
     1135,
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index e5a801a..ed069b7 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -6809,6 +6809,7 @@
 	exarg_T	ea;
 	int	starts_with_colon = FALSE;
 	char_u	*cmd;
+	int	save_msg_scroll = msg_scroll;
 
 	// Bail out on the first error to avoid a flood of errors and report
 	// the right line number when inside try/catch.
@@ -6897,6 +6898,8 @@
 	    line = (char_u *)"";
 	    continue;
 	}
+	// TODO: use modifiers in the command
+	undo_cmdmod(&ea, save_msg_scroll);
 
 	// Skip ":call" to get to the function name.
 	if (checkforcmd(&ea.cmd, "call", 3))