diff --git a/dovecot/dovecot-lib.pl b/dovecot/dovecot-lib.pl
index 62bfdc5ae..4c59c7ea0 100755
--- a/dovecot/dovecot-lib.pl
+++ b/dovecot/dovecot-lib.pl
@@ -376,9 +376,9 @@ else {
 		}
 	}
 splice(@$lref, $section->{'line'}, 0, @newlines);
+$section->{'eline'} = $section->{'line'} + scalar(@newlines) - 1;
 &renumber($conf, $section->{'eline'}, $section->{'file'},
 	  scalar(@newlines)-$oldlen);
-$section->{'eline'} = $section->{'line'} + scalar(@newlines) - 1;
 $section->{'file'} = $file;
 my $i = 1;
 foreach my $m (@{$section->{'members'}}) {