diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index 7ccf524e61..769532b4f9 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -3905,8 +3905,7 @@ get_buffer_signs(buf_T *buf, list_T *l)
 	{
 	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "id", sign->id, NULL);
 	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "lnum", sign->lnum, NULL);
-	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "name", 0L,
-		    vim_strsave(sign_typenr2name(sign->typenr)));
+	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "name", 0L, sign_typenr2name(sign->typenr));
 
 	    list_append_dict(l, d);
 	}
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 60b137450c..0be0faa5ca 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    2277,
 /**/
     2276,
 /**/