diff --git a/tagmanager/ctags/js.c b/tagmanager/ctags/js.c
index 66b38898..b4f84b88 100644
--- a/tagmanager/ctags/js.c
+++ b/tagmanager/ctags/js.c
@@ -370,11 +370,12 @@ getNextChar:
 	do
 	{
 		c = fileGetc ();
-		token->lineNumber   = getSourceLineNumber ();
-		token->filePosition = getInputFilePosition ();
 	}
 	while (c == '\t'  ||  c == ' ' ||  c == '\n');
 
+	token->lineNumber   = getSourceLineNumber ();
+	token->filePosition = getInputFilePosition ();
+
 	switch (c)
 	{
 		case EOF: longjmp (Exception, (int)ExceptionEOF);	break;