diff --git a/src/tokenizer.cpp b/src/tokenizer.cpp
index 6215541876..d43bfabf6d 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenizer.cpp
@@ -248,13 +248,8 @@ ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF(2, 3)
 static void tokenize_error(Tokenize *t, const char *format, ...) {
     t->state = TokenizeStateError;
 
-    if (t->cur_tok) {
-        t->out->err_line = t->cur_tok->start_line;
-        t->out->err_column = t->cur_tok->start_column;
-    } else {
-        t->out->err_line = t->line;
-        t->out->err_column = t->column;
-    }
+    t->out->err_line = t->line;
+    t->out->err_column = t->column;
 
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, format);
diff --git a/test/compile_errors.zig b/test/compile_errors.zig
index bc1ef660c3..2aca7e9141 100644
--- a/test/compile_errors.zig
+++ b/test/compile_errors.zig
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompileErrorContext) void {
         \\
         \\export fn entry() usize { return @sizeOf(@typeOf(foo)); }
     ,
-        ".tmp_source.zig:1:13: error: newline not allowed in string literal",
+        ".tmp_source.zig:1:15: error: newline not allowed in string literal",
     );
 
     cases.add(