diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
index 220e266cca..b1745a9fc0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func buildssa(fn *Node) *ssa.Func {
 		s.stmts(s.exitCode)
 		m := s.mem()
 		b := s.endBlock()
+		b.Line = fn.Func.Endlineno
 		b.Kind = ssa.BlockRet
 		b.Control = m
 	}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue14646.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue14646.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96a685464f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue14646.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// run
+
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import "runtime"
+
+func main() {
+	var file string
+	var line int
+	func() {
+		defer func() {
+			_, file, line, _ = runtime.Caller(1)
+		}()
+	}() // this is the expected line
+	const EXPECTED = 18
+	if line != EXPECTED {
+		println("Expected line =", EXPECTED, "but got line =", line, "and file =", file)
+	}
+}