diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index f18772d181..f026617534 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,10 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    947,
+/**/
+    946,
 /**/
     945,
 /**/
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index 3666bb35cc..eb9ddafbba 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ compile_lhs(
 	int	    oplen,
 	cctx_T	    *cctx)
 {
-    char_u	*var_end;
+    char_u	*var_end = NULL;
     int		is_decl = is_decl_command(cmdidx);
 
     if (lhs_init(lhs, var_start, is_decl, heredoc, &var_end) == FAIL)