diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index 0e69d5c384..a24b4efbce 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -2898,12 +2898,9 @@ parse_command_modifiers(
 	if (comment_start(eap->cmd, starts_with_colon))
 	{
 	    // a comment ends at a NL
-	    if (eap->nextcmd == NULL)
-	    {
-		eap->nextcmd = vim_strchr(eap->cmd, '\n');
-		if (eap->nextcmd != NULL)
-		    ++eap->nextcmd;
-	    }
+	    eap->nextcmd = vim_strchr(eap->cmd, '\n');
+	    if (eap->nextcmd != NULL)
+		++eap->nextcmd;
 	    if (vim9script)
 	    {
 		if (has_cmdmod(cmod, FALSE))
@@ -2916,7 +2913,7 @@ parse_command_modifiers(
 	    }
 	    return FAIL;
 	}
-	if (eap->nextcmd == NULL && *eap->cmd == '\n')
+	if (*eap->cmd == '\n')
 	{
 	    eap->nextcmd = eap->cmd + 1;
 	    return FAIL;
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 80da0e30a1..145e083bf7 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    717,
 /**/
     716,
 /**/