diff --git a/jedi/api/__init__.py b/jedi/api/__init__.py
index f8e854f1..e2e6d712 100644
--- a/jedi/api/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/api/__init__.py
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ class Script(object):
         if call is None:
             return []
 
-        user_stmt = self._parser.user_stmt()
+        user_stmt = self._parser.user_stmt(True)
         with common.scale_speed_settings(settings.scale_call_signatures):
             _callable = lambda: self._evaluator.eval_call(call)
             origins = cache.cache_call_signatures(_callable, user_stmt)
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ class Script(object):
         debug.speed('func_call start')
         call, index = None, 0
         if call is None:
-            user_stmt = self._parser.user_stmt()
+            user_stmt = self._parser.user_stmt(True)
             if user_stmt is not None and isinstance(user_stmt, pr.Statement):
                 call, index, _ = helpers.search_call_signatures(user_stmt, self._pos)
         debug.speed('func_call parsed')
diff --git a/jedi/parser/user_context.py b/jedi/parser/user_context.py
index 44ffafcd..c927e95f 100644
--- a/jedi/parser/user_context.py
+++ b/jedi/parser/user_context.py
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ class UserContext(object):
             + (after.group(0) if after is not None else '')
 
     def get_context(self, yield_positions=False):
+        self.get_path_until_cursor()  # In case _start_cursor_pos is undefined.
         pos = self._start_cursor_pos
         while True:
             # remove non important white space
@@ -200,18 +201,16 @@ class UserContextParser(object):
         return self.module().get_statement_for_position(self._position,
                                                         include_imports=True)
 
-    def user_stmt(self, is_completion=False):
+    def user_stmt(self, check_whitespace=False):
         user_stmt = self._get_user_stmt()
 
         debug.speed('parsed')
 
-        if is_completion and not user_stmt:
+        if check_whitespace and not user_stmt:
             # for statements like `from x import ` (cursor not in statement)
+            # or `abs( ` where the cursor is out in the whitespace.
             pos = next(self._user_context.get_context(yield_positions=True))
-            last_stmt = pos and \
-                self.module().get_statement_for_position(pos, include_imports=True)
-            if isinstance(last_stmt, representation.Import):
-                user_stmt = last_stmt
+            user_stmt = self.module().get_statement_for_position(pos, include_imports=True)
         return user_stmt
 
     @cache.underscore_memoization