diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 4c308cc..af6f67a 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@
                     }
                 } else if (SPECIAL(ch,0,0)) {
                     errmsg = "unexpected special character";
-	                goto utf7Error;
+	            goto utf7Error;
                 } else  {
                     *p++ = ch;
                 }
@@ -1036,9 +1036,10 @@
             }
         }
         else if (SPECIAL(ch,0,0)) {
+            startinpos = s-starts;
             errmsg = "unexpected special character";
             s++;
-	        goto utf7Error;
+            goto utf7Error;
         }
         else {
             *p++ = ch;