diff --git a/llex.c b/llex.c
index ee87d57d..8f4553f9 100644
--- a/llex.c
+++ b/llex.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: llex.c,v 1.7 1997/11/19 17:35:47 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: llex.c,v 1.8 1997/11/21 19:00:46 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lexical Analizer
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ void luaX_setinput (ZIO *z)
   LexState *LS = L->lexstate;
   LS->current = '\n';
   LS->linelasttoken = 0;
-  LS->lastline = 0;
   LS->linenumber = 0;
   LS->iflevel = 0;
   LS->ifstate[0].skip = 0;
diff --git a/lua.stx b/lua.stx
index 0aa36635..b1afe6b4 100644
--- a/lua.stx
+++ b/lua.stx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %{
 /*
-** $Id: lua.stx,v 1.18 1997/11/19 17:29:23 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.stx,v 1.19 1997/11/21 19:00:46 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Syntax analizer and code generator
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ static void init_state (TaggedString *filename)
   else
     L->currState->maxvars = -1;  /* flag no debug information */
   code_byte(0);  /* to be filled with stacksize */
+  L->lexstate->lastline = 0;  /* invalidate it */
 }