@itamair, thanks for the reply. I see I should have been clearer.
I don't mean creating an additional/fake commit. I just meant assigning a credit for this issue itself. Drupal.org allows crediting users even after they are marked as fixed. The option is available in the 'Credit & committing' section at the bottom of this page. There are some more details and screenshots at this link: https://www.drupal.org/getting-involved/maintainer/grant-issue-credits.
Again, this is not really required but I would appreciate if you would do this (it takes probably 30 seconds in total). It also doesn't need any fake commits at all.
Lastly, I think the issue is definitely related, but the patch was slightly different. In fact, in a comment on that issue, I also described the fix that was done in this patch.