1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
index 0a9053f04d0..4f21f083fe5 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ brace."
              (c-beginning-of-statement-1)
              (setq c-parsing-error
                    (format "No matching `if' found for `else' on line %d"
-                           (1+ (count-lines 1 here))))
+                           (1+ (count-lines (point-min) here))))
              (throw 'orphan-if nil))))
         (cond
          ((looking-at "else\\b[^_]")