diff --git a/autoload/syntastic/util.vim b/autoload/syntastic/util.vim
index 6d0dda6f..2d478631 100644
--- a/autoload/syntastic/util.vim
+++ b/autoload/syntastic/util.vim
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ function! syntastic#util#fname2buf(fname) abort " {{{2
         try
             " Older versions of Vim can throw E94 here
             let buf = bufnr('^' . escape(fnamemodify(a:fname, md), '\*?,{}[') . '$')
+        catch
+            " catch everything
         endtry
         if buf != -1
             break
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index db522685..42258ea5 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.8.0-93'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.8.0-94'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1