diff --git a/src/os_mswin.c b/src/os_mswin.c
index 95c3d17380..4b2f3cf073 100644
--- a/src/os_mswin.c
+++ b/src/os_mswin.c
@@ -617,8 +617,22 @@ vim_stat(const char *name, struct stat *stp)
     p = buf + strlen(buf);
     if (p > buf)
 	mb_ptr_back(buf, p);
+
+    /* Remove trailing '\\' except root path. */
     if (p > buf && (*p == '\\' || *p == '/') && p[-1] != ':')
 	*p = NUL;
+
+    if ((buf[0] == '\\' && buf[1] == '\\') || (buf[0] == '/' && buf[1] == '/'))
+    {
+	/* UNC root path must be followed by '\\'. */
+	p = vim_strpbrk(buf + 2, "\\/");
+	if (p != NULL)
+	{
+	    p = vim_strpbrk(p + 1, "\\/");
+	    if (p == NULL)
+		STRCAT(buf, "\\");
+	}
+    }
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
     if (enc_codepage >= 0 && (int)GetACP() != enc_codepage
 # ifdef __BORLANDC__
diff --git a/src/os_win32.c b/src/os_win32.c
index 5f671a7e91..b006a0db21 100644
--- a/src/os_win32.c
+++ b/src/os_win32.c
@@ -2890,9 +2890,6 @@ mch_getperm(char_u *name)
     struct stat st;
     int		n;
 
-    if (name[0] == '\\' && name[1] == '\\')
-	/* UNC path */
-	return (long)win32_getattrs(name);
     n = mch_stat(name, &st);
     return n == 0 ? (long)st.st_mode : -1L;
 }
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 3400e6b025..8eb9e4085d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -738,6 +738,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    136,
 /**/
     135,
 /**/