diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cab2abd6d01..92cb48f0dec 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Core:
   . Fixed oss-fuzz #60011 (Mis-compilation of by-reference nullsafe operator).
     (ilutov)
+  . Fixed line number of JMP instruction over else block. (ilutov)
 
 - Date:
   . Fixed bug GH-11368 (Date modify returns invalid datetime). (Derick)
diff --git a/Zend/zend_compile.c b/Zend/zend_compile.c
index ba203cbe2e2..3aee5af1081 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_compile.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_compile.c
@@ -5420,6 +5420,9 @@ static void zend_compile_if(zend_ast *ast) /* {{{ */
 			zend_compile_stmt(stmt_ast);
 
 			if (i != list->children - 1) {
+				/* Set the lineno of JMP to the position of the if keyword, as we don't want to
+				 * report the last line in the if branch as covered if it hasn't actually executed. */
+				CG(zend_lineno) = elem_ast->lineno;
 				jmp_opnums[i] = zend_emit_jump(0);
 			}
 			zend_update_jump_target_to_next(opnum_jmpz);