diff --git a/jedi/parser/__init__.py b/jedi/parser/__init__.py
index d6f45a80..484a90ac 100644
--- a/jedi/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/parser/__init__.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class Parser(object):
 
         self.global_names = []
         self._omit_dedent = 0
+        self._last_failed_start_pos = (0, 0)
 
         # TODO do print absolute import detection here.
         #try:
@@ -294,6 +295,8 @@ class Parser(object):
             err = ErrorStatement(failed_stack, value, start_pos)
             self.error_statement_stacks.append(err)
 
+        self._last_failed_start_pos = start_pos
+
         stack[start_index:] = []
 
     def _tokenize(self, tokenizer):
@@ -319,6 +322,7 @@ class Parser(object):
             last_line = re.sub('.*\n', '', endmarker.prefix)
             endmarker.start_pos = endmarker.start_pos[0] - 1, len(last_line)
         else:
+            print(self.error_statement_stacks)
             try:
                 newline = endmarker.get_previous()
             except IndexError:
@@ -330,5 +334,12 @@ class Parser(object):
                 else:
                     assert newline.value == '\n'
                     newline.value = ''
-                    endmarker.start_pos = newline.start_pos
+                    if self._last_failed_start_pos > newline.start_pos:
+                        # It may be the case that there was a syntax error in a
+                        # function. In that case error correction removes the
+                        # right newline. So we use the previously assigned
+                        # _last_failed_start_pos variable to account for that.
+                        endmarker.start_pos = self._last_failed_start_pos
+                    else:
+                        endmarker.start_pos = newline.start_pos
                     break
diff --git a/jedi/parser/tree.py b/jedi/parser/tree.py
index 9e76a6aa..e43a6fd9 100644
--- a/jedi/parser/tree.py
+++ b/jedi/parser/tree.py
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ class Leaf(Base):
     def start_pos(self):
         return self._start_pos[0] + self.position_modifier.line, self._start_pos[1]
 
+    @start_pos.setter
+    def start_pos(self, value):
+        # TODO I think this is wrong, because the position_modifier.line needs
+        # to be looked at as well. Probably it needs to be substracted.
+        self._start_pos = value
+
+    @property
+    def end_pos(self):
+        return (self._start_pos[0] + self.position_modifier.line,
+                self._start_pos[1] + len(self.value))
+
     def get_previous(self):
         """
         Returns the previous leaf in the parser tree.
@@ -178,17 +189,6 @@ class Leaf(Base):
             except AttributeError:  # A Leaf doesn't have children.
                 return node
 
-    @start_pos.setter
-    def start_pos(self, value):
-        # TODO I think this is wrong, because the position_modifier.line needs
-        # to be looked at as well. Probably it needs to be substracted.
-        self._start_pos = value
-
-    @property
-    def end_pos(self):
-        return (self._start_pos[0] + self.position_modifier.line,
-                self._start_pos[1] + len(self.value))
-
     def get_code(self):
         return self.prefix + self.value
 
diff --git a/jedi/parser/user_context.py b/jedi/parser/user_context.py
index a043a5c7..45ca9b71 100644
--- a/jedi/parser/user_context.py
+++ b/jedi/parser/user_context.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class UserContextParser(object):
                 print(scope, scope.subscopes)
                 for s in scope.subscopes + list(reversed(scope.flows)):
                     if isinstance(s, (pr.Scope, pr.Flow)):
-                        print(s, self._position, s.end_pos, s.children,
+                        print(s, self._position, 'X', s.start_pos, s.end_pos, s.children,
                                 s.children[-2])
                         if s.start_pos <= self._position <= s.end_pos:
                             if isinstance(s, pr.Flow):
diff --git a/test/test_parser/test_parser.py b/test/test_parser/test_parser.py
index b6115570..3be79461 100644
--- a/test/test_parser/test_parser.py
+++ b/test/test_parser/test_parser.py
@@ -163,3 +163,19 @@ def test_newline_positions():
     new_line = endmarker.get_previous()
     assert new_line.start_pos == (1, 1)
     assert new_line.end_pos == (2, 0)
+
+
+def test_end_pos_error_correction():
+    """
+    Source code without ending newline are given one, because the Python
+    grammar needs it. However, they are removed again. We still want the right
+    end_pos, even if something breaks in the parser (error correction).
+    """
+    s = 'def x():\n .'
+    m = Parser(load_grammar(), s).module
+    func = m.children[0]
+    assert func.type == 'funcdef'
+    # This is not exactly correct, but ok, because it doesn't make a difference
+    # at all. We just want to make sure that the module end_pos is correct!
+    assert func.end_pos == (3, 0)
+    assert m.end_pos == (2, 2)