diff --git a/src/terminal.c b/src/terminal.c
index abdb50b30d..b06feffc2f 100644
--- a/src/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal.c
@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ term_job_running(term_T *term)
 {
     /* Also consider the job finished when the channel is closed, to avoid a
      * race condition when updating the title. */
-    return term->tl_job != NULL
+    return term != NULL
+	&& term->tl_job != NULL
 	&& term->tl_job->jv_status == JOB_STARTED
 	&& channel_is_open(term->tl_job->jv_channel);
 }
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index a029dd51c4..617042584b 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    853,
 /**/
     852,
 /**/