1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
index 1d7cbfc422c..f74e48c4635 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
@@ -972,8 +972,10 @@ Each function's symbol gets added to `byte-compile-noruntime-functions'."
          (pos (if (and byte-compile-current-file
                        (integerp byte-compile-read-position))
                   (with-current-buffer byte-compile-current-buffer
-                    (format "%d:%d:" (count-lines (point-min)
-                                                  byte-compile-last-position)
+                    (format "%d:%d:" 
+                            (save-excursion
+                              (goto-char byte-compile-last-position)
+                              (1+ (count-lines (point-min) (point-at-bol))))
                             (save-excursion
                               (goto-char byte-compile-last-position)
                               (1+ (current-column)))))