diff --git a/src/quickfix.c b/src/quickfix.c
index e5bd2d0..8c1df17 100644
--- a/src/quickfix.c
+++ b/src/quickfix.c
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@
     /* Always ignore case when looking for a matching error. */
     regmatch.rm_ic = TRUE;
 
+restofline:
     /* If there was no %> item start at the first pattern */
     if (fmt_start == NULL)
 	fmt_ptr = fmt_first;
@@ -858,7 +859,6 @@
      * match or no match.
      */
     fields->valid = TRUE;
-restofline:
     for ( ; fmt_ptr != NULL; fmt_ptr = fmt_ptr->next)
     {
 	int r;
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
index 070582df..b0e14e6 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
@@ -2582,6 +2582,29 @@
   call assert_equal(3, l1.items[1].lnum)
   call assert_equal('two.txt', bufname(l2.items[1].bufnr))
   call assert_equal(5, l2.items[1].lnum)
+
+  " Test for start of a new error line in the same line where a previous
+  " error line ends with a file stack.
+  let efm_val = 'Error\ l%l\ in\ %f,'
+  let efm_val .= '%-P%>(%f%r,Error\ l%l\ in\ %m,%-Q)%r'
+  let l = g:Xgetlist({'lines' : [
+	      \ '(one.txt',
+	      \ 'Error l4 in one.txt',
+	      \ ') (two.txt',
+	      \ 'Error l6 in two.txt',
+	      \ ')',
+	      \ 'Error l8 in one.txt'
+	      \ ], 'efm' : efm_val})
+  call assert_equal(3, len(l.items))
+  call assert_equal('one.txt', bufname(l.items[0].bufnr))
+  call assert_equal(4, l.items[0].lnum)
+  call assert_equal('one.txt', l.items[0].text)
+  call assert_equal('two.txt', bufname(l.items[1].bufnr))
+  call assert_equal(6, l.items[1].lnum)
+  call assert_equal('two.txt', l.items[1].text)
+  call assert_equal('one.txt', bufname(l.items[2].bufnr))
+  call assert_equal(8, l.items[2].lnum)
+  call assert_equal('', l.items[2].text)
 endfunc
 
 func Test_multifilestack()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 1b2a1fa..c7e47f5 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1678,
+/**/
     1677,
 /**/
     1676,