diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 2d2ad1b5f..d12708e22 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -5392,7 +5392,7 @@ string_slice(char_u *str, varnumber_T first, varnumber_T last)
     if (start_byte < 0)
 	start_byte = 0; // first index very negative: use zero
     if (last == -1)
-	end_byte = slen;
+	end_byte = (long)slen;
     else
     {
 	end_byte = char_idx2byte(str, slen, last);
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 35bb3c397..ba62765bc 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1532,
 /**/
     1531,
 /**/