diff --git a/src/os/host-main.c b/src/os/host-main.c
index ba3f322118..bf01087f17 100644
--- a/src/os/host-main.c
+++ b/src/os/host-main.c
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ void Host_Repl(void) {
 						if (cont_level < MAX_CONT_LEVEL) cont_stack[cont_level] = '{';
 						cont_level++;
 						state = INPUT_RAW_STRING;
+						line_len += n;
+						utf8byte += n;
 					}
-					line_len += n;
-					utf8byte += n;
 					break;
 				}
 			}