diff --git a/src/ops.c b/src/ops.c
index e3e7827..cdc3080 100644
--- a/src/ops.c
+++ b/src/ops.c
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@
 
     if (oap->block_mode)
     {
-	size_t			ins_len;
+	int			ins_len;
 	char_u			*firstline, *ins_text;
 	struct block_def	bd2;
 	int			did_indent = FALSE;
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
index 9b8eed4..b304928 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
@@ -2031,4 +2031,12 @@
   bwipe!
 endfunc
 
+func Test_visual_block_cursor_delete()
+  new
+  call setline(1, 'ab')
+  exe ":norm! $\<c-v>hI\<Del>\<ESC>"
+  call assert_equal(['b'], getline(1, 1))
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ba03c1a..06f0c62 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    399,
+/**/
     398,
 /**/
     397,