1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Src/builtin.c b/Src/builtin.c
index 90681fc3a..60971b9e1 100644
--- a/Src/builtin.c
+++ b/Src/builtin.c
@@ -2322,6 +2322,7 @@ mkautofn(Shfunc shf)
     p->strs = NULL;
     p->shf = shf;
     p->npats = 0;
+    p->nref = 1; /* allocated from permanent storage */
     p->pats = (Patprog *) p->prog;
     p->flags = EF_REAL;
     p->dump = NULL;