diff --git a/src/renderer/mod.rs b/src/renderer/mod.rs
index 25e9508b..f776c232 100644
--- a/src/renderer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/mod.rs
@@ -3009,9 +3009,7 @@ fn max_line_number(groups: &[Group<'_>]) -> usize {
 fn newline_count(body: &str) -> usize {
     #[cfg(feature = "simd")]
     {
-        memchr::memchr_iter(b'\n', body.as_bytes())
-            .count()
-            .saturating_sub(1)
+        memchr::memchr_iter(b'\n', body.as_bytes()).count()
     }
     #[cfg(not(feature = "simd"))]
     {
@@ -3021,7 +3019,7 @@ fn newline_count(body: &str) -> usize {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::OUTPUT_REPLACEMENTS;
+    use super::{newline_count, OUTPUT_REPLACEMENTS};
     use snapbox::IntoData;
 
     fn format_replacements(replacements: Vec<(char, &str)>) -> String {
@@ -3043,4 +3041,23 @@ mod test {
         let actual = format_replacements(OUTPUT_REPLACEMENTS.to_owned());
         snapbox::assert_data_eq!(actual, expected.into_data().raw());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ensure_newline_count_correct() {
+        let source = r#"
+                cargo-features = ["path-bases"]
+
+                [package]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.5.0"
+                authors = ["wycats@example.com"]
+
+                [dependencies]
+                bar = { base = '^^not-valid^^', path = 'bar' }
+            "#;
+        let actual_count = newline_count(source);
+        let expected_count = 10;
+
+        assert_eq!(expected_count, actual_count);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/formatter.rs b/tests/formatter.rs
index b08167bd..9843ef12 100644
--- a/tests/formatter.rs
+++ b/tests/formatter.rs
@@ -3227,3 +3227,51 @@ LL │     t.field;
     let renderer = renderer.decor_style(DecorStyle::Unicode);
     assert_data_eq!(renderer.render(input), expected_unicode);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn multiple_line_num_widths() {
+    let source = r#"
+                cargo-features = ["path-bases"]
+
+                [package]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.5.0"
+                authors = ["wycats@example.com"]
+
+                [dependencies]
+                bar = { base = '^^not-valid^^', path = 'bar' }
+            "#;
+
+    let title = "invalid character `^` in path base name: `^^not-valid^^`, the first character must be a Unicode XID start character (most letters or `_`)";
+
+    let input = &[
+        Group::with_title(Level::ERROR.primary_title(title)).element(
+            Snippet::source(source)
+                .path("Cargo.toml")
+                .annotation(AnnotationKind::Primary.span(243..282))
+                .annotation(AnnotationKind::Visible.span(206..219)),
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    let expected_ascii = str![[r#"
+error: invalid character `^` in path base name: `^^not-valid^^`, the first character must be a Unicode XID start character (most letters or `_`)
+  --> Cargo.toml:10:24
+   |
+ 9 |                 [dependencies]
+10 |                 bar = { base = '^^not-valid^^', path = 'bar' }
+   |                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+"#]];
+    let renderer = Renderer::plain();
+    assert_data_eq!(renderer.render(input), expected_ascii);
+
+    let expected_unicode = str![[r#"
+error: invalid character `^` in path base name: `^^not-valid^^`, the first character must be a Unicode XID start character (most letters or `_`)
+   ╭▸ Cargo.toml:10:24
+   │
+ 9 │                 [dependencies]
+10 │                 bar = { base = '^^not-valid^^', path = 'bar' }
+   ╰╴                       ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+"#]];
+    let renderer = renderer.decor_style(DecorStyle::Unicode);
+    assert_data_eq!(renderer.render(input), expected_unicode);
+}