diff --git a/llex.c b/llex.c
index b1a714fa..9e830ecf 100644
--- a/llex.c
+++ b/llex.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: llex.c,v 2.63.1.1 2013/04/12 18:48:47 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: llex.c,v 2.63.1.2 2013/08/30 15:49:41 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lexical Analyzer
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void inclinenumber (LexState *ls) {
   if (currIsNewline(ls) && ls->current != old)
     next(ls);  /* skip `\n\r' or `\r\n' */
   if (++ls->linenumber >= MAX_INT)
-    luaX_syntaxerror(ls, "chunk has too many lines");
+    lexerror(ls, "chunk has too many lines", 0);
 }