diff --git a/src/autocmd.c b/src/autocmd.c
index 14cd4af592..ac21196b9a 100644
--- a/src/autocmd.c
+++ b/src/autocmd.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ do_autocmd(exarg_T *eap, char_u *arg_in, int forceit)
 
     if (*arg == '|')
     {
+	eap->nextcmd = arg + 1;
 	arg = (char_u *)"";
 	group = AUGROUP_ALL;	// no argument, use all groups
     }
@@ -869,6 +870,7 @@ do_autocmd(exarg_T *eap, char_u *arg_in, int forceit)
     pat = skipwhite(pat);
     if (*pat == '|')
     {
+	eap->nextcmd = pat + 1;
 	pat = (char_u *)"";
 	cmd = (char_u *)"";
     }
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim b/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
index 045320e5f5..4bdb8dc22e 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
@@ -357,17 +357,20 @@ endfunc
 func Test_early_bar()
   " test that a bar is recognized before the {event}
   call s:AddAnAutocmd()
-  augroup vimBarTest | au! | augroup END
+  augroup vimBarTest | au! | let done = 77 | augroup END
   call assert_equal(1, len(split(execute('au vimBarTest'), "\n")))
+  call assert_equal(77, done)
 
   call s:AddAnAutocmd()
-  augroup vimBarTest| au!| augroup END
+  augroup vimBarTest| au!| let done = 88 | augroup END
   call assert_equal(1, len(split(execute('au vimBarTest'), "\n")))
+  call assert_equal(88, done)
 
   " test that a bar is recognized after the {event}
   call s:AddAnAutocmd()
-  augroup vimBarTest| au!BufReadCmd| augroup END
+  augroup vimBarTest| au!BufReadCmd| let done = 99 | augroup END
   call assert_equal(1, len(split(execute('au vimBarTest'), "\n")))
+  call assert_equal(99, done)
 
   " test that a bar is recognized after the {group}
   call s:AddAnAutocmd()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 8e84cbb456..c54307e15e 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    3626,
 /**/
     3625,
 /**/