diff --git a/src/autocmd.c b/src/autocmd.c
index 5ec911a..305679c 100644
--- a/src/autocmd.c
+++ b/src/autocmd.c
@@ -1891,6 +1891,7 @@
     int		did_save_redobuff = FALSE;
     save_redo_T	save_redo;
     int		save_KeyTyped = KeyTyped;
+    int		save_did_emsg;
     ESTACK_CHECK_DECLARATION
 
     /*
@@ -2171,9 +2172,13 @@
 	    // make sure cursor and topline are valid
 	    check_lnums(TRUE);
 
+	save_did_emsg = did_emsg;
+
 	do_cmdline(NULL, getnextac, (void *)&patcmd,
 				     DOCMD_NOWAIT|DOCMD_VERBOSE|DOCMD_REPEAT);
 
+	did_emsg += save_did_emsg;
+
 	if (nesting == 1)
 	    // restore cursor and topline, unless they were changed
 	    reset_lnums();
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_terminal3.vim b/src/testdir/test_terminal3.vim
index 9f84615..a351799 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_terminal3.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_terminal3.vim
@@ -901,5 +901,25 @@
   only!
 endfunc
 
+func Test_terminal_term_start_error()
+  func s:term_start_error() abort
+    try
+      return term_start([[]])
+    catch
+      return v:exception
+    finally
+      "
+    endtry
+  endfunc
+  autocmd WinEnter * call type(0)
+
+  " Must not crash in s:term_start_error, nor the exception thrown.
+  let result = s:term_start_error()
+  call assert_match('^Vim(return):E730:', result)
+
+  autocmd! WinEnter
+  delfunc s:term_start_error
+endfunc
+
 
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e3fb7c2..b2f02ec 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    3833,
+/**/
     3832,
 /**/
     3831,