diff --git a/lib/lua/src/llex.c b/lib/lua/src/llex.c
index d1b179670..5affe7c16 100644
--- a/lib/lua/src/llex.c
+++ b/lib/lua/src/llex.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void inclinenumber (LexState *ls) {
   if (currIsNewline(ls) && ls->current != old)
     next(ls);  /* skip `\n\r' or `\r\n' */
   if (++ls->linenumber >= MAX_INT)
-    luaX_syntaxerror(ls, "chunk has too many lines");
+    luaX_lexerror(ls, "chunk has too many lines", 0);
 }