diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 8474956398..d93836a894 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -19589,9 +19589,14 @@ find_var_in_ht(ht, varname, writing)
 	 * worked find the variable again.  Don't auto-load a script if it was
 	 * loaded already, otherwise it would be loaded every time when
 	 * checking if a function name is a Funcref variable. */
-	if (ht == &globvarht && !writing
-			    && script_autoload(varname, FALSE) && !aborting())
+	if (ht == &globvarht && !writing)
+	{
+	    /* Note: script_autoload() may make "hi" invalid. It must either
+	     * be obtained again or not used. */
+	    if (!script_autoload(varname, FALSE) || aborting())
+		return NULL;
 	    hi = hash_find(ht, varname);
+	}
 	if (HASHITEM_EMPTY(hi))
 	    return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index b186a7368f..1eadaec242 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -714,6 +714,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    360,
 /**/
     359,
 /**/