diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 15a4d34e9c..a90dc1cb9b 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    571,
 /**/
     570,
 /**/
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index cbee429763..aa9384bbe9 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -1170,9 +1170,15 @@ compile_nested_function(exarg_T *eap, cctx_T *cctx, garray_T *lines_to_free)
 	lvar = reserve_local(cctx, func_name, name_end - name_start,
 					    ASSIGN_CONST, ufunc->uf_func_type);
 	if (lvar == NULL)
+	{
+	    func_ptr_unref(ufunc);
 	    goto theend;
+	}
 	if (generate_FUNCREF(cctx, ufunc, NULL, FALSE, 0, &funcref_isn_idx) == FAIL)
+	{
+	    func_ptr_unref(ufunc);
 	    goto theend;
+	}
 	r = generate_STORE(cctx, ISN_STORE, lvar->lv_idx, NULL);
     }