diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index abb3b40..c86d0a6 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -4592,7 +4592,7 @@
 		/* Stop the expression evaluation when immediately
 		 * aborting on error, or when an interrupt occurred or
 		 * an exception was thrown but not caught. */
-		if (aborting())
+		if (evaluate && aborting())
 		{
 		    if (ret == OK)
 			clear_tv(rettv);
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim b/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
index c779723..db68e2a 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
@@ -178,3 +178,12 @@
   call assert_fails('source Xversionscript', 'E999:')
   call delete('Xversionscript')
 endfunc
+
+" Test fix for issue #4507
+func Test_skip_after_throw()
+  try
+    throw 'something'
+    let x = wincol() || &ts
+  catch /something/
+  endtry
+endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 75ebdc1..79d0400 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1491,
+/**/
     1490,
 /**/
     1489,