diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
index 2c5e3e7dab0217554ffd49fe1f518233986802f7..059141a7547af601a7b5da5e8d2732511455976c 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
@@ -2372,6 +2372,14 @@ def Test_if_const_expr()
   if false
     burp
   endif
+
+  # expression with line breaks skipped
+  if false
+      ('aaa'
+      .. 'bbb'
+      .. 'ccc'
+      )->setline(1)
+  endif
 enddef
 
 def Test_if_const_expr_fails()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index d31a0199163f68f955deac16b5d815a3ca866b15..a6e2f1ef0a7415fd5309828f3986f82c37e19347 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 */
+/**/
+    3312,
 /**/
     3311,
 /**/
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index 125135adaae5ac9fec95307d0c25a4c92952d2b5..5effa5c719de79319946d085937e4f376a974103 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -9730,14 +9730,12 @@ compile_def_function(
 
 	if (p == ea.cmd && ea.cmdidx != CMD_SIZE)
 	{
-	    if (cctx.ctx_skip == SKIP_YES)
+	    if (cctx.ctx_skip == SKIP_YES && ea.cmdidx != CMD_eval)
 	    {
 		line += STRLEN(line);
 		goto nextline;
 	    }
-
-	    // Expression or function call.
-	    if (ea.cmdidx != CMD_eval)
+	    else if (ea.cmdidx != CMD_eval)
 	    {
 		// CMD_var cannot happen, compile_assignment() above would be
 		// used.  Most likely an assignment to a non-existing variable.