diff --git a/src/Helpers.c b/src/Helpers.c
index 9476b83f4..81064e1ea 100644
--- a/src/Helpers.c
+++ b/src/Helpers.c
@@ -1541,27 +1541,26 @@ DWORD NormalizePathEx(LPWSTR lpszPath, DWORD cchBuffer, bool bRealPath, bool bSe
 //
 //  SplitFilePathLineNum()
 //
-void SplitFilePathLineNum(LPWSTR lpszPath, int * lineNum) {
+bool SplitFilePathLineNum(LPWSTR lpszPath, int* lineNum) {
 
     LPWSTR const lpszSplit = StrRChr(lpszPath, NULL, L':');
     
+    bool res = false;
     if (lpszSplit) {
         char chLnNumber[128];
         char const defchar = (char)0x24;
         WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, (WC_COMPOSITECHECK | WC_DISCARDNS), &lpszSplit[1], -1, chLnNumber, COUNTOF(chLnNumber), &defchar, NULL);
-        te_xint_t iExprError = 0;
+        te_xint_t iExprError = true;
         int const ln = (int)te_interp(chLnNumber, &iExprError);
-        if (iExprError == 0) {
+        if (!iExprError) {
+            res = true;
             lpszSplit[0] = L'\0'; // split
             if (lineNum) {
                 *lineNum = ln;
             }
         }
-    } else {
-        if (lineNum) {
-            *lineNum = -1; // not found
-        }
     }
+    return res;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Helpers.h b/src/Helpers.h
index c089ea20c..6deeba6bc 100644
--- a/src/Helpers.h
+++ b/src/Helpers.h
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ bool  PathCanonicalizeEx(LPWSTR lpszPath, DWORD cchPath);
 DWORD GetLongPathNameEx(LPWSTR lpszPath, DWORD cchBuffer);
 void  PathGetDisplayName(LPWSTR lpszDestPath, DWORD cchDestBuffer, LPCWSTR lpszSourcePath);
 DWORD NormalizePathEx(LPWSTR lpszPath, DWORD cchBuffer, bool bRealPath, bool bSearchPathIfRelative);
-void  SplitFilePathLineNum(LPWSTR lpszPath, int *lineNum);
+bool  SplitFilePathLineNum(LPWSTR lpszPath, int *lineNum);
 
 bool StrLTrimI(LPWSTR pszSource,LPCWSTR pszTrimChars);
 bool StrRTrimI(LPWSTR pszSource,LPCWSTR pszTrimChars);
diff --git a/src/Notepad3.c b/src/Notepad3.c
index c1ec0321c..9c399ddf1 100644
--- a/src/Notepad3.c
+++ b/src/Notepad3.c
@@ -6919,14 +6919,15 @@ void HandleDWellStartEnd(const DocPos position, const UINT uid)
                 if (StrStrIA(chScheme, "file:") == chScheme) {
 
                     WCHAR wchUrl[INTERNET_MAX_URL_LENGTH] = { L'\0' };
-                    WCHAR wchPath[MAX_PATH] = { L'\0' };
 
                     int const cchUrl = MultiByteToWideChar(Encoding_SciCP, 0, pUrlBegin, (int)length, wchUrl, COUNTOF(wchUrl));
                     wchUrl[cchUrl] = L'\0';
                     StrTrim(wchUrl, L" \r\n\t");
 
-                    SplitFilePathLineNum(wchPath, NULL);
+                    int ln = -1;
+                    SplitFilePathLineNum(wchUrl, &ln);
 
+                    WCHAR wchPath[MAX_PATH] = { L'\0' };
                     DWORD cchPath = MAX_PATH;
                     if (FAILED(PathCreateFromUrl(wchUrl, wchPath, &cchPath, 0))) {
                         const char *p = &pUrlBegin[CONSTSTRGLEN("file://")];