diff --git a/src/regexp.c b/src/regexp.c
index ac60c69..00df12d 100644
--- a/src/regexp.c
+++ b/src/regexp.c
@@ -4532,7 +4532,7 @@
 		cleanup_subexpr();
 		if (!REG_MULTI)		/* Single-line regexp */
 		{
-		    if (reg_endp[no] == NULL)
+		    if (reg_startp[no] == NULL || reg_endp[no] == NULL)
 		    {
 			/* Backref was not set: Match an empty string. */
 			len = 0;
@@ -4548,7 +4548,7 @@
 		}
 		else				/* Multi-line regexp */
 		{
-		    if (reg_endpos[no].lnum < 0)
+		    if (reg_startpos[no].lnum < 0 || reg_endpos[no].lnum < 0)
 		    {
 			/* Backref was not set: Match an empty string. */
 			len = 0;
@@ -7279,13 +7279,11 @@
     }
     else
     {
-	if (submatch_match->endp[no] == NULL)
+	s = submatch_match->startp[no];
+	if (s == NULL || submatch_match->endp[no] == NULL)
 	    retval = NULL;
 	else
-	{
-	    s = submatch_match->startp[no];
 	    retval = vim_strnsave(s, (int)(submatch_match->endp[no] - s));
-	}
     }
 
     return retval;
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 9b8ac51..89ecba0 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -677,6 +677,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    113,
+/**/
     112,
 /**/
     111,