diff --git a/src/julia-syntax.scm b/src/julia-syntax.scm
index 9e846bb181f3d..7ea0e79e59085 100644
--- a/src/julia-syntax.scm
+++ b/src/julia-syntax.scm
@@ -4020,13 +4020,13 @@ f(x) = yt(x)
                                                    `(line ,current-line ,current-file)
                                                    `(line ,current-line ,current-file ,(caar locstack)))
                                                linetable))
-                         (set! current-loc (+ 1 current-loc)))))
+                         (set! current-loc (- (length linetable) 1)))))
                   ((and (length> e 2) (eq? (car e) 'meta) (eq? (cadr e) 'push_loc))
                    (set! locstack (cons (list current-loc current-line current-file) locstack))
                    (set! current-file (caddr e))
                    (set! current-line 0)
                    (set! linetable (cons `(line ,current-line ,current-file ,current-loc) linetable))
-                   (set! current-loc (+ 1 current-loc)))
+                   (set! current-loc (- (length linetable) 1)))
                   ((and (length= e 2) (eq? (car e) 'meta) (eq? (cadr e) 'pop_loc))
                    (let ((l (car locstack)))
                      (set! locstack (cdr locstack))
diff --git a/test/backtrace.jl b/test/backtrace.jl
index 0da3779c88eda..9c7847ac34741 100644
--- a/test/backtrace.jl
+++ b/test/backtrace.jl
@@ -177,3 +177,15 @@ let bt, found = false
     end
     @test found
 end
+
+# issue 28618
+let bt, found = false
+    @info ""
+    bt = backtrace()
+    for frame in map(StackTraces.lookup, bt)
+        if frame[1].line == @__LINE__() - 2 && frame[1].file == Symbol(@__FILE__)
+            found = true; break
+        end
+    end
+    @test found
+end