diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/xquery/XQueryParser.js b/lib/ace/mode/xquery/XQueryParser.js
index 22975c4e..a306d54c 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/xquery/XQueryParser.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/xquery/XQueryParser.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ var XQueryParser = exports.XQueryParser = function XQueryParser(string)
     var tokenSet = this.getExpectedTokenSet(e);
     var found = this.getOffendingToken(e);
     var prefix = input.substring(0, e.getBegin());
-    var line = prefix.split("\n").length - 1;
+    var line = prefix.split("\n").length;
     var column = e.getBegin() - prefix.lastIndexOf("\n");
     var size = e.getEnd() - e.getBegin();
     return e.getMessage()