diff --git a/src/os_vms.c b/src/os_vms.c
index 84f84ac710..61db3a80b6 100644
--- a/src/os_vms.c
+++ b/src/os_vms.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ RealWaitForChar(
 	    return 0;
 	} else if (msec < 0) {
 	    /* no time-out; wait on indefinitely */
-	    continue;
+	    return 1; /* fakeout to force a wait in vms_read() */
 	} else {
 	    /* time-out needs to be checked */
 	    status = sys$gettim(&time_curr);
diff --git a/src/quickfix.c b/src/quickfix.c
index 39e3913c09..6142825e3b 100644
--- a/src/quickfix.c
+++ b/src/quickfix.c
@@ -5897,7 +5897,6 @@ ex_helpgrep(exarg_T *eap)
     char_u	*lang;
 #endif
     qf_info_T	*qi = &ql_info;
-    qf_info_T	*save_qi;
     int		new_qi = FALSE;
     win_T	*wp;
     char_u	*au_name =  NULL;
@@ -5951,9 +5950,6 @@ ex_helpgrep(exarg_T *eap)
 	}
     }
 
-    /* Autocommands may change the list. Save it for later comparison */
-    save_qi = qi;
-
     regmatch.regprog = vim_regcomp(eap->arg, RE_MAGIC + RE_STRING);
     regmatch.rm_ic = FALSE;
     if (regmatch.regprog != NULL)
@@ -6086,7 +6082,7 @@ ex_helpgrep(exarg_T *eap)
     {
 	apply_autocmds(EVENT_QUICKFIXCMDPOST, au_name,
 					       curbuf->b_fname, TRUE, curbuf);
-	if (!new_qi && qi != save_qi && qf_find_buf(qi) == NULL)
+	if (!new_qi && qi != &ql_info && qf_find_buf(qi) == NULL)
 	    /* autocommands made "qi" invalid */
 	    return;
     }
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
index b0e14e6ad0..12bfe32278 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
@@ -3175,3 +3175,17 @@ func Test_vimgrep_autocmd()
   call delete('Xtest2.txt')
   call setqflist([], 'f')
 endfunc
+
+" The following test used to crash Vim
+func Test_lhelpgrep_autocmd()
+  lhelpgrep quickfix
+  autocmd QuickFixCmdPost * call setloclist(0, [], 'f')
+  lhelpgrep buffer
+  call assert_equal('help', &filetype)
+  call assert_equal(0, getloclist(0, {'nr' : '$'}).nr)
+  lhelpgrep tabpage
+  call assert_equal('help', &filetype)
+  call assert_equal(1, getloclist(0, {'nr' : '$'}).nr)
+  au! QuickFixCmdPost
+  new | only
+endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 9f7e6f8bf4..96e81b0b98 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -776,6 +776,10 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1750,
+/**/
+    1749,
 /**/
     1748,
 /**/
diff --git a/src/vim.h b/src/vim.h
index 047c2bcc4e..7e3260d693 100644
--- a/src/vim.h
+++ b/src/vim.h
@@ -2156,8 +2156,9 @@ typedef enum {
 # define number_width(x) 7
 #endif
 
-/* This must come after including proto.h */
-#if !(defined(FEAT_MBYTE) && defined(WIN3264))
+/* This must come after including proto.h.
+ * For VMS this is defined in macros.h. */
+#if !(defined(FEAT_MBYTE) && defined(WIN3264)) && !defined(VMS)
 # define mch_open(n, m, p)	open((n), (m), (p))
 # define mch_fopen(n, p)	fopen((n), (p))
 #endif