diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 116944b28d..69f2f38a1a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -17580,15 +17580,14 @@ void ex_function(exarg_T *eap)
 
       /* Check for defining a function inside this function. */
       if (checkforcmd(&p, "function", 2)) {
-        if (*p == '!')
+        if (*p == '!') {
           p = skipwhite(p + 1);
+        }
         p += eval_fname_script(p);
-        if (ASCII_ISALPHA(*p)) {
-          free(trans_function_name(&p, TRUE, 0, NULL));
-          if (*skipwhite(p) == '(') {
-            ++nesting;
-            indent += 2;
-          }
+        free(trans_function_name(&p, TRUE, 0, NULL));
+        if (*skipwhite(p) == '(') {
+          nesting++;
+          indent += 2;
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/version.c b/src/nvim/version.c
index 8a0ab1c7e3..454afcb55d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/version.c
+++ b/src/nvim/version.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int included_patches[] = {
   //552,
   //551,
   //550,
-  //549,
+  549,
   //548 NA
   547,
   //546,