diff --git a/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp b/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp
index 9c147fa14..351c24fc4 100644
--- a/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ namespace simplecpp {
                     argtok = argtok->next;
                 }
                 if (!sameline(nametoken, argtok)) {
+                    endToken = argtok ? argtok->previous : argtok;
                     return false;
                 }
                 valueToken = argtok ? argtok->next : NULL;