diff --git a/src/CodeTracking.jl b/src/CodeTracking.jl
index 23d4982..6fc8991 100644
--- a/src/CodeTracking.jl
+++ b/src/CodeTracking.jl
@@ -204,16 +204,12 @@ function definition(::Type{String}, method::Method)
     end
     # The function declaration was presumably on a previous line
     lineindex = lastindex(linestarts)
-    local istart_noerr
     while !isfuncexpr(ex) && lineindex > 0
         istart = linestarts[lineindex]
         try
             ex, iend = Meta.parse(src, istart)
         catch
-            istart = istart_noerr
-            break
         end
-        istart_noerr = istart
         lineindex -= 1
         line -= 1
     end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 1d3b8ff..495d991 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ isdefined(Main, :Revise) ? includet("script.jl") : include("script.jl")
     @test startswith(src, "@noinline")
     @test line == 7
 
+    m = first(methods(multilinesig))
+    src, line = definition(String, m)
+    @test startswith(src, "@inline")
+    @test line == 16
+
     info = CodeTracking.PkgFiles(Base.PkgId(CodeTracking))
     @test Base.PkgId(info) === info.id
     @test CodeTracking.basedir(info) == dirname(@__DIR__)
diff --git a/test/script.jl b/test/script.jl
index 59a1c87..c460fea 100644
--- a/test/script.jl
+++ b/test/script.jl
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ end
 call_throws() = inlined()
 
 f2(x, y) = x + y
+
+@inline function multilinesig(x::Int,
+                              y::String)
+    z = x + 1
+    return z
+end