diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
index 52cbeae..202bb58 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
@@ -2143,6 +2143,19 @@
   v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(['var x = "abc'], 'E114:', 1)
   v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(["var x = 'abc"], 'E115:', 1)
   v9.CheckDefFailure(["if 0", "echo 'xx", "endif"], 'E115', 2)
+
+  # interpolated string
+  var val = 'val'
+  var vv = $"some {val}"
+  assert_equal('some val', vv)
+  vv = $'other {val}'
+  assert_equal('other val', vv)
+
+  var x = 'x'
+  var vl = 'foo xxx bar xxx baz'
+              ->split($'x{x}x')
+              ->map((_, v: string) => v =~ 'bar')
+  assert_equal([false, true, false], vl)
 enddef
 
 def Test_expr8_vimvar()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 792bd24..6badc75 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -747,6 +747,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    4914,
+/**/
     4913,
 /**/
     4912,
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index 15dab98..e95340c 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -981,7 +981,6 @@
 {
     char_u	*p = str;
     char_u	*val;
-    char_u	save_c;
     int		count = 0;
 
     if (cctx->ctx_skip == SKIP_YES)
@@ -1051,11 +1050,8 @@
 	    semsg(_(e_missing_close_curly_str), str);
 	    return FAIL;
 	}
-	save_c = *block_end;
-	*block_end = NUL;
 	if (compile_expr0(&block_start, cctx) == FAIL)
 	    return FAIL;
-	*block_end = save_c;
 	may_generate_2STRING(-1, TRUE, cctx);
 	++count;