diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 7d00c0e..a737311 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -3335,6 +3335,15 @@
     int		failed = FALSE;
     funcdict_T	fudi;
 
+    if (eap->skip)
+    {
+	/* trans_function_name() doesn't work well when skipping, use eval0()
+	 * instead to skip to any following command, e.g. for:
+	 *   :if 0 | call dict.foo().bar() | endif  */
+	eval0(eap->arg, &rettv, &eap->nextcmd, FALSE);
+	return;
+    }
+
     tofree = trans_function_name(&arg, eap->skip, TFN_INT, &fudi);
     if (fudi.fd_newkey != NULL)
     {
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 3e56bdf..05e50df 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    97,
+/**/
     96,
 /**/
     95,