diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index aeb53b5..39e356f 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@
     int		msg_save = msg_scroll;
     linenr_T	read_no_eol_lnum = 0;   /* non-zero lnum when last line of
 					 * last read was missing the eol */
-    int		try_mac = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'm') != NULL);
-    int		try_dos = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'd') != NULL);
-    int		try_unix = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'x') != NULL);
+    int		try_mac;
+    int		try_dos;
+    int		try_unix;
     int		file_rewind = FALSE;
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
     int		can_retry;
@@ -738,6 +738,10 @@
     curbuf->b_op_start.lnum = ((from == 0) ? 1 : from);
     curbuf->b_op_start.col = 0;
 
+    try_mac = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'm') != NULL);
+    try_dos = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'd') != NULL);
+    try_unix = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'x') != NULL);
+
 #ifdef FEAT_AUTOCMD
     if (!read_buffer)
     {
@@ -769,6 +773,11 @@
 	else
 	    apply_autocmds_exarg(EVENT_FILEREADPRE, sfname, sfname,
 							    FALSE, NULL, eap);
+	/* autocommands may have changed it */
+	try_mac = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'm') != NULL);
+	try_dos = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'd') != NULL);
+	try_unix = (vim_strchr(p_ffs, 'x') != NULL);
+
 	if (msg_scrolled == n)
 	    msg_scroll = m;
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_fileformat.vim b/src/testdir/test_fileformat.vim
index 584f20c..256a7d5 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_fileformat.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_fileformat.vim
@@ -15,3 +15,17 @@
   call assert_equal(test_fileformats, &fileformat)
   set fileformats&
 endfunc
+
+func Test_fileformat_autocommand()
+	let filecnt=['', 'foobar', 'eins', '', 'zwei', 'drei', 'vier', 'fünf', '']
+	let ffs=&ffs
+	call writefile(filecnt, 'Xfile', 'b')
+	au BufReadPre Xfile set ffs=dos ff=dos
+	new Xfile
+	call assert_equal('dos', &l:ff)
+	call assert_equal('dos', &ffs)
+	" cleanup
+	let &ffs=ffs
+	au! BufReadPre Xfile
+	bw!
+endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index d92b6ed..86d7816 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    224,
+/**/
     223,
 /**/
     222,