diff --git a/src/cmdexpand.c b/src/cmdexpand.c
index d788e27565..210b5f9819 100644
--- a/src/cmdexpand.c
+++ b/src/cmdexpand.c
@@ -2633,16 +2633,13 @@ globpath(
 		ExpandEscape(&xpc, buf, num_p, p, WILD_SILENT|expand_options);
 
 		if (ga_grow(ga, num_p) == OK)
-		{
+		    // take over the pointers and put them in "ga"
 		    for (i = 0; i < num_p; ++i)
 		    {
-			((char_u **)ga->ga_data)[ga->ga_len] =
-					vim_strnsave(p[i], (int)STRLEN(p[i]));
+			((char_u **)ga->ga_data)[ga->ga_len] = p[i];
 			++ga->ga_len;
 		    }
-		}
-
-		FreeWild(num_p, p);
+		vim_free(p);
 	    }
 	}
     }
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index c34675f46c..c82f379cd8 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    89,
 /**/
     88,
 /**/