diff --git a/runtime/autoload/pythoncomplete.vim b/runtime/autoload/pythoncomplete.vim
index 57add71..ecc3664 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/pythoncomplete.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/pythoncomplete.vim
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@
     def __init__(self):
         self.top = Scope('global',0)
         self.scope = self.top
+        self.parserline = 0
 
     def _parsedotname(self,pre=None):
         #returns (dottedname, nexttoken)