diff --git a/src/quickfix.c b/src/quickfix.c
index d50cd16..5e0d3c3 100644
--- a/src/quickfix.c
+++ b/src/quickfix.c
@@ -1362,8 +1362,10 @@
 	if (!qfprev->qf_lnum)
 	    qfprev->qf_lnum = fields->lnum;
 	if (!qfprev->qf_col)
+	{
 	    qfprev->qf_col = fields->col;
-	qfprev->qf_viscol = fields->use_viscol;
+	    qfprev->qf_viscol = fields->use_viscol;
+	}
 	if (!qfprev->qf_fnum)
 	    qfprev->qf_fnum = qf_get_fnum(qfl,
 		    qfl->qf_directory,
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
index 332831a..88eabaa 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
@@ -4419,6 +4419,21 @@
   cnext
   call assert_equal([16, 25], [col('.'), virtcol('.')])
 
+  " Use screen column number with a multi-line error message
+  enew
+  call writefile(["à test"], 'Xfile1')
+  set efm=%E===\ %f\ ===,%C%l:%v,%Z%m
+  cexpr ["=== Xfile1 ===", "1:3", "errormsg"]
+  call assert_equal('Xfile1', @%)
+  call assert_equal([0, 1, 4, 0], getpos('.'))
+
+  " Repeat previous test with byte offset %c: ensure that fix to issue #7145
+  " does not break this
+  set efm=%E===\ %f\ ===,%C%l:%c,%Z%m
+  cexpr ["=== Xfile1 ===", "1:3", "errormsg"]
+  call assert_equal('Xfile1', @%)
+  call assert_equal([0, 1, 3, 0], getpos('.'))
+
   enew | only
   set efm&
   call delete('Xfile1')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 835de6c..48f7273 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1871,
+/**/
     1870,
 /**/
     1869,