diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/AbstractEcmascriptNode.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/AbstractEcmascriptNode.java
index c7832b567d..748dff098d 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/AbstractEcmascriptNode.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/AbstractEcmascriptNode.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.ast;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.ast.AstNode;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AstVisitor;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.SourceCodePositioner;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.AbstractNode;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.document.FileLocation;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.document.TextDocument;
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ abstract class AbstractEcmascriptNode<T extends AstNode> extends AbstractNode<Ab
     protected final T node;
     private String image;
     private TextDocument textDocument;
+    private int absPos;
 
     AbstractEcmascriptNode(T node) {
         this.node = node;
@@ -38,13 +38,16 @@ abstract class AbstractEcmascriptNode<T extends AstNode> extends AbstractNode<Ab
     }
 
     /* package private */
-    void calculateLineNumbers(TextDocument positioner) {
+    int calculateAbsolutePos(TextDocument positioner, int parentRelPos) {
         this.textDocument = positioner;
+        int absPos = parentRelPos + node.getPosition();
+        this.absPos = absPos;
+        return absPos;
     }
 
     @Override
     public FileLocation getReportLocation() {
-        return textDocument.toLocation(TextRegion.fromOffsetLength(node.getAbsolutePosition(), node.getLength()));
+        return textDocument.toLocation(TextRegion.fromOffsetLength(absPos, node.getLength()));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/EcmascriptTreeBuilder.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/EcmascriptTreeBuilder.java
index 1515aaa6c1..31b2badefe 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/EcmascriptTreeBuilder.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/ast/EcmascriptTreeBuilder.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ final class EcmascriptTreeBuilder implements NodeVisitor {
     public <T extends AstNode> EcmascriptNode<T> build(T astNode) {
         EcmascriptNode<T> node = buildInternal(astNode);
 
-        calculateLineNumbers(node);
+        calculateLineNumbers(node, astNode.getAbsolutePosition());
 
         // Set all the trailing comma nodes
         for (AbstractEcmascriptNode<?> trailingCommaNode : parseProblemToNode.values()) {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ final class EcmascriptTreeBuilder implements NodeVisitor {
                     if (trailingCommaLocalizedMessage.equals(parseProblem.getMessage())) {
                         // Report on the shortest code block containing the
                         // problem (i.e. inner most code in nested structures).
-                        AbstractEcmascriptNode<?> currentNode = (AbstractEcmascriptNode<?>) parseProblemToNode.get(parseProblem);
+                        AbstractEcmascriptNode<?> currentNode = parseProblemToNode.get(parseProblem);
                         if (currentNode == null || node.node.getLength() < currentNode.node.getLength()) {
                             parseProblemToNode.put(parseProblem, node);
                         }
@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@ final class EcmascriptTreeBuilder implements NodeVisitor {
         }
     }
 
-    private void calculateLineNumbers(EcmascriptNode<?> node) {
-        node.descendantsOrSelf().forEach(n -> ((AbstractEcmascriptNode<?>) n).calculateLineNumbers(textDocument));
+    private void calculateLineNumbers(EcmascriptNode<?> node, int parentAbsPos) {
+        int absPos = ((AbstractEcmascriptNode<?>) node).calculateAbsolutePos(textDocument, parentAbsPos);
+
+        for (EcmascriptNode<?> child : node.children()) {
+            ((AbstractEcmascriptNode<?>) child).calculateAbsolutePos(textDocument, absPos);
+        }
     }
 }