diff --git a/src/text/template/parse/lex.go b/src/text/template/parse/lex.go
index fc259f351e..c0843af6ed 100644
--- a/src/text/template/parse/lex.go
+++ b/src/text/template/parse/lex.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (l *lexer) emit(t itemType) {
 	l.items <- item{t, l.start, l.input[l.start:l.pos], l.line}
 	// Some items contain text internally. If so, count their newlines.
 	switch t {
-	case itemText, itemRawString, itemLeftDelim, itemRightDelim:
+	case itemText, itemLeftDelim, itemRightDelim:
 		l.line += strings.Count(l.input[l.start:l.pos], "\n")
 	}
 	l.start = l.pos
diff --git a/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go b/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go
index c1f80c1326..d03987581c 100644
--- a/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go
+++ b/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ var errorTests = []parseTest{
 	{"emptypipeline",
 		`{{ ( ) }}`,
 		hasError, `missing value for parenthesized pipeline`},
+	{"multilinerawstring",
+		"{{ $v := `\n` }} {{",
+		hasError, `multilinerawstring:2: unexpected unclosed action`},
 }
 
 func TestErrors(t *testing.T) {