diff --git a/internal/lsp/template/parse.go b/internal/lsp/template/parse.go
index 8077bfc2c2..0853612a70 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/template/parse.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/template/parse.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func parseBuffer(buf []byte) *Parsed {
 	ans := &Parsed{
 		buf:   buf,
 		check: -1,
+		nls:   []int{-1},
 	}
 	if len(buf) == 0 {
 		ans.ParseErr = errors.New("empty buffer")
@@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ func parseBuffer(buf []byte) *Parsed {
 	}
 	// at the cost of complexity we could fold this into the allAscii loop
 	ans.lines = bytes.Split(buf, []byte{'\n'})
-	ans.nls = []int{-1}
 	for i, p := range ans.buf {
 		if p == '\n' {
 			ans.nls = append(ans.nls, i)