diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index 99c4762109..1d937f8baa 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ Module.prototype._compile = function(content, filename) {
   var wrapper = Module.wrap(content);
 
   var compiledWrapper = runInThisContext(wrapper,
-                                      { filename: filename, lineOffset: -1 });
+                                      { filename: filename, lineOffset: 0 });
   if (global.v8debug) {
     if (!resolvedArgv) {
       // we enter the repl if we're not given a filename argument.
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 367f68b25c..b38594f7c0 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
   };
 
   NativeModule.wrapper = [
-    '(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) {\n',
+    '(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { ',
     '\n});'
   ];
 
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@
 
     var fn = runInThisContext(source, {
       filename: this.filename,
-      lineOffset: -1
+      lineOffset: 0
     });
     fn(this.exports, NativeModule.require, this, this.filename);
 
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
index 19ba398d96..ead3447320 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
@@ -285,9 +285,9 @@ assert.equal(42, require('../fixtures/utf8-bom.js'));
 assert.equal(42, require('../fixtures/utf8-bom.json'));
 
 // Error on the first line of a module should
-// have the correct line and column number
+// have the correct line number
 assert.throws(function() {
   require('../fixtures/test-error-first-line-offset.js');
 }, function(err) {
-  return /test-error-first-line-offset.js:1:1/.test(err.stack);
+  return /test-error-first-line-offset.js:1:/.test(err.stack);
 }, 'Expected appearance of proper offset in Error stack');