diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/DOMLocationTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/DOMLocationTests.java
index 686d66ffbf2..0f62ca392d9 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/DOMLocationTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/DOMLocationTests.java
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public class DOMLocationTests extends AST2BaseTest {
    		String code = "namespace A {\n extern \"C\" int g();\n }"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    	  	IASTTranslationUnit tu = parse( code, ParserLanguage.CPP );
    	  	ICPPASTLinkageSpecification spec = (ICPPASTLinkageSpecification)((ICPPASTNamespaceDefinition)tu.getDeclarations()[0]).getDeclarations()[0];
-   	  	assertSoleLocation( spec, code.indexOf( "extern \"C\""), "extern \"C\"".length() ); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+   	  	assertSoleLocation( spec, code.indexOf( "extern \"C\""), "extern \"C\" int g();".length() ); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
    }
 
 }
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