diff --git a/src/nvim/change.c b/src/nvim/change.c
index f3f685f1b1..0b87fdafd8 100644
--- a/src/nvim/change.c
+++ b/src/nvim/change.c
@@ -1814,11 +1814,11 @@ int open_line(int dir, int flags, int second_line_indent, bool *did_do_comment)
     curwin->w_cursor.lnum = old_cursor.lnum + 1;
   }
   if (did_append) {
-    changed_lines(curwin->w_cursor.lnum, 0, curwin->w_cursor.lnum, 1L, true);
     // bail out and just get the final length of the line we just manipulated
     bcount_t extra = (bcount_t)strlen(ml_get(curwin->w_cursor.lnum));
     extmark_splice(curbuf, (int)curwin->w_cursor.lnum - 1, 0,
                    0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1 + extra, kExtmarkUndo);
+    changed_lines(curwin->w_cursor.lnum, 0, curwin->w_cursor.lnum, 1L, true);
   }
   curbuf_splice_pending--;
 
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua
index 4938a42957..d6e93f1bf8 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/buffer_updates_spec.lua
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ describe('lua: nvim_buf_attach on_bytes', function()
         -- meths.buf_set_option(0, 'autoindent', true)
         feed 'Go'
         check_events {
-          { "test1", "bytes", 1, 4, 7, 0, 114, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1 };
+          { "test1", "bytes", 1, 3, 7, 0, 114, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1 };
         }
         feed '<cr>'
         check_events {
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ describe('lua: nvim_buf_attach on_bytes', function()
         meths.buf_set_option(0, 'autoindent', true)
         feed 'Go'
         check_events {
-          { "test1", "bytes", 1, 4, 7, 0, 114, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 5 };
+          { "test1", "bytes", 1, 3, 7, 0, 114, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 5 };
         }
         feed '<cr>'
         check_events {
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ describe('lua: nvim_buf_attach on_bytes', function()
 
       feed 'ggo' -- goto first line to continue testing
       check_events {
-        { "test1", "bytes", 1, 6, 1, 0, 11, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 4 };
+        { "test1", "bytes", 1, 5, 1, 0, 11, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 4 };
       }
 
       feed '<CR>'