diff --git a/src/testdir/test_recover.vim b/src/testdir/test_recover.vim
index 6ef4376..9d25883 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_recover.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_recover.vim
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@
   call assert_match('Unable to read block 0 from .Xfile1.swp', msg)
   call assert_equal('Xfile1', @%)
   bw!
+
+  " make sure there are no old swap files laying around
+  for f in glob('.sw?', 0, 1)
+    call delete(f)
+  endfor
+
   " :recover from an empty buffer
   call assert_fails('recover', 'E305:')
   call delete('.Xfile1.swp')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 47afced..0598475 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    3440,
+/**/
     3439,
 /**/
     3438,