diff --git a/src/insexpand.c b/src/insexpand.c
index 0ecb6560c5fc3..9c598a89f73dc 100644
--- a/src/insexpand.c
+++ b/src/insexpand.c
@@ -786,7 +786,8 @@ ins_compl_add(
 	{
 	    if (!match_at_original_text(match)
 		    && STRNCMP(match->cp_str, str, len) == 0
-		    && match->cp_str[len] == NUL)
+		    && ((int)STRLEN(match->cp_str) <= len
+						 || match->cp_str[len] == NUL))
 		return NOTDONE;
 	    match = match->cp_next;
 	} while (match != NULL && !is_first_match(match));
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim b/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
index 5e5b1bbece681..2be6d06020374 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
@@ -2112,5 +2112,15 @@ func Test_infercase_very_long_line()
   set noic noinfercase
 endfunc
 
+func Test_ins_complete_add()
+  " this was reading past the end of allocated memory
+  new
+  norm o
+  norm 7o€€
+  sil! norm o
+
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
 
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 75de2fc7b7514..de8e968f42f8c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    46,
 /**/
     45,
 /**/