diff --git a/lparser.c b/lparser.c
index b745f236..2b888c7c 100644
--- a/lparser.c
+++ b/lparser.c
@@ -1022,10 +1022,11 @@ static int explist (LexState *ls, expdesc *v) {
 }
 
 
-static void funcargs (LexState *ls, expdesc *f, int line) {
+static void funcargs (LexState *ls, expdesc *f) {
   FuncState *fs = ls->fs;
   expdesc args;
   int base, nparams;
+  int line = ls->linenumber;
   switch (ls->t.token) {
     case '(': {  /* funcargs -> '(' [ explist ] ')' */
       luaX_next(ls);
@@ -1063,8 +1064,8 @@ static void funcargs (LexState *ls, expdesc *f, int line) {
   }
   init_exp(f, VCALL, luaK_codeABC(fs, OP_CALL, base, nparams+1, 2));
   luaK_fixline(fs, line);
-  fs->freereg = base+1;  /* call remove function and arguments and leaves
-                            (unless changed) one result */
+  fs->freereg = base+1;  /* call removes function and arguments and leaves
+                            one result (unless changed later) */
 }
 
 
@@ -1103,7 +1104,6 @@ static void suffixedexp (LexState *ls, expdesc *v) {
   /* suffixedexp ->
        primaryexp { '.' NAME | '[' exp ']' | ':' NAME funcargs | funcargs } */
   FuncState *fs = ls->fs;
-  int line = ls->linenumber;
   primaryexp(ls, v);
   for (;;) {
     switch (ls->t.token) {
@@ -1123,12 +1123,12 @@ static void suffixedexp (LexState *ls, expdesc *v) {
         luaX_next(ls);
         codename(ls, &key);
         luaK_self(fs, v, &key);
-        funcargs(ls, v, line);
+        funcargs(ls, v);
         break;
       }
       case '(': case TK_STRING: case '{': {  /* funcargs */
         luaK_exp2nextreg(fs, v);
-        funcargs(ls, v, line);
+        funcargs(ls, v);
         break;
       }
       default: return;
diff --git a/testes/errors.lua b/testes/errors.lua
index bf6f389d..b777a329 100644
--- a/testes/errors.lua
+++ b/testes/errors.lua
@@ -392,19 +392,19 @@ lineerror("a\n=\n-\n\nprint\n;", 3)
 
 lineerror([[
 a
-(
+(     -- <<
 23)
-]], 1)
+]], 2)
 
 lineerror([[
 local a = {x = 13}
 a
 .
 x
-(
+(     -- <<
 23
 )
-]], 2)
+]], 5)
 
 lineerror([[
 local a = {x = 13}