diff --git a/jedi/parser/diff.py b/jedi/parser/diff.py
index 118b7012..3bdc025e 100644
--- a/jedi/parser/diff.py
+++ b/jedi/parser/diff.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class DiffParser(object):
     def _get_old_line_stmt(self, old_line):
         leaf = self._module.get_leaf_for_position((old_line, 0), include_prefixes=True)
 
-        if leaf.type == 'newline':
+        if _ends_with_newline(leaf):
             leaf = leaf.get_next_leaf()
         if leaf.get_start_pos_of_prefix()[0] == old_line:
             node = leaf
diff --git a/test/test_parser/test_diff_parser.py b/test/test_parser/test_diff_parser.py
index 0d801816..819a8916 100644
--- a/test/test_parser/test_diff_parser.py
+++ b/test/test_parser/test_diff_parser.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def test_issues_with_error_leaves(differ):
         str
     ''')
     differ.initialize(code)
-    differ.parse(code2, parsers=2, copies=0, expect_error_leaves=True)
+    differ.parse(code2, parsers=1, copies=1, expect_error_leaves=True)
 
 
 def test_unfinished_nodes(differ):