diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index b3ebbd7..63ff2a0 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -19764,7 +19764,7 @@
 	if (nchar > 0)
 	    while (nchar > 0 && nbyte < slen)
 	    {
-		nbyte += mb_char2len(p[nbyte]);
+		nbyte += mb_cptr2len(p + nbyte);
 		--nchar;
 	    }
 	else
@@ -19779,7 +19779,7 @@
 		if (off < 0)
 		    len += 1;
 		else
-		    len += mb_char2len(p[off]);
+		    len += mb_cptr2len(p + off);
 		--charlen;
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_expr_utf8.vim b/src/testdir/test_expr_utf8.vim
index c512ddf..e8246ef 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_expr_utf8.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_expr_utf8.vim
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@
   call assert_equal('á', strcharpart('áxb', 0, 1))
   call assert_equal('x', strcharpart('áxb', 1, 1))
 
+  call assert_equal('いうeお', strcharpart('あいうeお', 1))
+  call assert_equal('い', strcharpart('あいうeお', 1, 1))
+  call assert_equal('いう', strcharpart('あいうeお', 1, 2))
+  call assert_equal('いうe', strcharpart('あいうeお', 1, 3))
+  call assert_equal('いうeお', strcharpart('あいうeお', 1, 4))
+  call assert_equal('eお', strcharpart('あいうeお', 3))
+  call assert_equal('e', strcharpart('あいうeお', 3, 1))
+
+  call assert_equal('あ', strcharpart('あいうeお', -3, 4))
+
   call assert_equal('a', strcharpart('àxb', 0, 1))
   call assert_equal('̀', strcharpart('àxb', 1, 1))
   call assert_equal('x', strcharpart('àxb', 2, 1))
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 2ae156c..09372ef 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1782,
+/**/
     1781,
 /**/
     1780,