diff --git a/src/spellfile.c b/src/spellfile.c
index 12dedd6c57..869db7f3ff 100644
--- a/src/spellfile.c
+++ b/src/spellfile.c
@@ -3533,8 +3533,7 @@ spell_read_dic(spellinfo_T *spin, char_u *fname, afffile_T *affile)
     spin->si_msg_count = 999999;
 
     // Read and ignore the first line: word count.
-    (void)vim_fgets(line, MAXLINELEN, fd);
-    if (!vim_isdigit(*skipwhite(line)))
+    if (vim_fgets(line, MAXLINELEN, fd) || !vim_isdigit(*skipwhite(line)))
 	semsg(_("E760: No word count in %s"), fname);
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 03612aa067..bbbb26e311 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1565,
 /**/
     1564,
 /**/