diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 0dd2058872da266a93c77a755f0e28f522cde9c3..1fd4765c762618b521be5786c8ff960fecbd90df 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ get_lval(
     {
 	// using local variable
 	lp->ll_tv = lval_root;
+	v = NULL;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -967,6 +968,7 @@ get_lval(
 	}
 
 	if (in_vim9script() && lp->ll_valtype == NULL
+		&& v != NULL
 		&& lp->ll_tv == &v->di_tv
 		&& ht != NULL && ht == get_script_local_ht())
 	{
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4c1be4ecf101d3ce111fafb4cf99fa65b5525b58..87c315a7c83350b5371a34a870ba92b262fdcd59 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    3340,
 /**/
     3339,
 /**/