diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 6c1b11d4caa..9883a5c5248 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1731,6 +1731,7 @@ void AppendExceptionLine(Environment* env,
   }
 
   // Print (filename):(line number): (message).
+  ScriptOrigin origin = message->GetScriptOrigin();
   node::Utf8Value filename(env->isolate(), message->GetScriptResourceName());
   const char* filename_string = *filename;
   int linenum = message->GetLineNumber();
@@ -1759,8 +1760,16 @@ void AppendExceptionLine(Environment* env,
   // sourceline to 78 characters, and we end up not providing very much
   // useful debugging info to the user if we remove 62 characters.
 
+  int script_start =
+      (linenum - origin.ResourceLineOffset()->Value()) == 1 ?
+          origin.ResourceColumnOffset()->Value() : 0;
   int start = message->GetStartColumn(env->context()).FromMaybe(0);
   int end = message->GetEndColumn(env->context()).FromMaybe(0);
+  if (start >= script_start) {
+    CHECK_GE(end, start);
+    start -= script_start;
+    end -= script_start;
+  }
 
   char arrow[1024];
   int max_off = sizeof(arrow) - 2;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vm-context.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-context.js
index 7e5404796e7..29e3a86fab5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-vm-context.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-context.js
@@ -93,13 +93,14 @@ assert.strictEqual(script.runInContext(ctx), false);
 // Error on the first line of a module should
 // have the correct line and column number
 assert.throws(() => {
-  vm.runInContext('throw new Error()', context, {
+  vm.runInContext(' throw new Error()', context, {
     filename: 'expected-filename.js',
     lineOffset: 32,
     columnOffset: 123
   });
 }, (err) => {
-  return /expected-filename\.js:33:130/.test(err.stack);
+  return /^ \^/m.test(err.stack) &&
+         /expected-filename\.js:33:131/.test(err.stack);
 }, 'Expected appearance of proper offset in Error stack');
 
 // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6158