diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index 8fcdedb..6db93b8 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -7902,7 +7902,7 @@
 	c = ScreenLines[off];
     buflen += mb_char2bytes(c, buf);
 
-    if (enc_utf8)
+    if (enc_utf8 && ScreenLinesUC[off] != 0)
 	for (i = 0; i < Screen_mco && ScreenLinesC[i][off] != 0; ++i)
 	    buflen += mb_char2bytes(ScreenLinesC[i][off], buf + buflen);
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_listchars.vim b/src/testdir/test_listchars.vim
index 172407a..9aca080 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_listchars.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_listchars.vim
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
   set list
   " Non-breaking space
   let nbsp = nr2char(0xa0)
-  call append(0, [ ">".nbsp."<" ])
+  call append(0, [ ">" .. nbsp .. "<" ])
 
   let expected = '>X< '
 
@@ -193,12 +193,8 @@
   set list
 
   let nbsp = nr2char(0xa0)
-  call append(0, [
-        \ "a\tb c".nbsp."d"
-        \ ])
-  let expected = [
-        \ 'a←↔↔↔↔↔→b␣c≠d⇔'
-        \ ]
+  call append(0, ["a\tb c" .. nbsp .. "d"])
+  let expected = ['a←↔↔↔↔↔→b␣c≠d⇔']
   redraw!
   call cursor(1, 1)
   call assert_equal(expected, ScreenLines(1, virtcol('$')))
@@ -221,10 +217,10 @@
   let nbsp1 = nr2char(0xa0)
   let nbsp2 = nr2char(0x202f)
   call append(0, [
-        \ "  \u3099\t \u309A".nbsp1.nbsp1."\u0302".nbsp2.nbsp2."\u0302",
+        \ "  \u3099\t \u309A" .. nbsp1 .. nbsp1 .. "\u0302" .. nbsp2 .. nbsp2 .. "\u0302",
         \ ])
   let expected = [
-        \ "_ \u3099^I \u309A=".nbsp1."\u0302=".nbsp2."\u0302$"
+        \ "_ \u3099^I \u309A=" .. nbsp1 .. "\u0302=" .. nbsp2 .. "\u0302$"
         \ ]
   redraw!
   call cursor(1, 1)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e2519f4..2c52166 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2640,
+/**/
     2639,
 /**/
     2638,