diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b01a90a77..7108a8ef8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ generally also includes the bug fixes made in ELinks 0.11.4.GIT.
 
 Bugs that should be removed from NEWS before the 0.12.0 release:
 
+* critical: Fix crash after a tab was opened during reload.  This was
+  triggered by the bug 620 fix in ELinks 0.12pre1.
 * major bug 1026 in user SMJS: Protect the callback of elinks.load_uri
   from the garbage collector.  The elinks.load_uri method was added in
   ELinks 0.12pre1.
diff --git a/src/viewer/text/vs.c b/src/viewer/text/vs.c
index d0bbdf522..a7978dbee 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/vs.c
+++ b/src/viewer/text/vs.c
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ copy_vs(struct view_state *dst, struct view_state *src)
 	dst->ecmascript_fragile = 1;
 #endif
 
+	/* destroy_vs(vs) does mem_free_if(vs->form_info), so each
+	 * view_state must have its own form_info.  Normally we make a
+	 * copy below, but not if src->form_info_len is 0, which it
+	 * can be even if src->form_info is not NULL.  */
+	dst->form_info = NULL;
+
 	/* Clean as a baby. */
 	dst->doc_view = NULL;