diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js
index 075df742d132..199ddd6c02f1 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/expression.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import {
   isIdentifierStart,
   canBeReservedWord,
 } from "../util/identifier";
-import { Position, createPositionFromPosition } from "../util/location";
+import { Position, createPositionWithColumnOffset } from "../util/location";
 import * as charCodes from "charcodes";
 import {
   BIND_OUTSIDE,
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ export default class ExpressionParser extends LValParser {
     const elemStart = start + 1;
     const elem = this.startNodeAt(
       elemStart,
-      createPositionFromPosition(this.state.startLoc, 1),
+      createPositionWithColumnOffset(this.state.startLoc, 1),
     );
     if (value === null) {
       if (!isTagged) {
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ export default class ExpressionParser extends LValParser {
     this.resetEndLocation(
       elem,
       elemEnd,
-      createPositionFromPosition(this.state.lastTokEndLoc, endOffset),
+      createPositionWithColumnOffset(this.state.lastTokEndLoc, endOffset),
     );
     return elem;
   }
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
index 3eeae6f6b0c6..43cf3fbc2c94 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 } from "../util/expression-scope";
 import type { SourceType } from "../options";
 import { Token } from "../tokenizer";
-import { createPositionFromPosition } from "../util/location";
+import { createPositionWithColumnOffset } from "../util/location";
 import { cloneStringLiteral, cloneIdentifier } from "./node";
 
 const loopLabel = { kind: "loop" },
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
       if (!process.env.BABEL_8_BREAKING) {
         const { loc, start, value, end } = token;
         const hashEndPos = start + 1;
-        const hashEndLoc = createPositionFromPosition(loc.start, 1);
+        const hashEndLoc = createPositionWithColumnOffset(loc.start, 1);
         tokens.splice(
           i,
           1,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
       if (!process.env.BABEL_8_BREAKING) {
         const { loc, start, value, end } = token;
         const backquoteEnd = start + 1;
-        const backquoteEndLoc = createPositionFromPosition(loc.start, 1);
+        const backquoteEndLoc = createPositionWithColumnOffset(loc.start, 1);
         let startToken;
         if (value.charCodeAt(0) === charCodes.graveAccent) {
           // $FlowIgnore: hacky way to create token
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
         if (type === tt.templateTail) {
           // ends with '`'
           templateElementEnd = end - 1;
-          templateElementEndLoc = createPositionFromPosition(loc.end, -1);
+          templateElementEndLoc = createPositionWithColumnOffset(loc.end, -1);
           templateValue = value.slice(1, -1);
           // $FlowIgnore: hacky way to create token
           endToken = new Token({
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
         } else {
           // ends with `${`
           templateElementEnd = end - 2;
-          templateElementEndLoc = createPositionFromPosition(loc.end, -2);
+          templateElementEndLoc = createPositionWithColumnOffset(loc.end, -2);
           templateValue = value.slice(1, -2);
           // $FlowIgnore: hacky way to create token
           endToken = new Token({
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/util/location.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/util/location.js
index 66a094705345..66f29cc79875 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/util/location.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/util/location.js
@@ -51,7 +51,18 @@ export function getLineInfo(input: string, offset: number): Position {
   return new Position(line, offset - lineStart);
 }
 
-export function createPositionFromPosition(
+/**
+ * creates a new position with a non-zero column offset from the given position.
+ * This function should be only be used when we create AST node out of the token
+ * boundaries, such as TemplateElement ends before tt.templateMiddle. This
+ * function does not skip whitespaces.
+ *
+ * @export
+ * @param {Position} position
+ * @param {number} columnOffset
+ * @returns {Position}
+ */
+export function createPositionWithColumnOffset(
   position: Position,
   columnOffset: number,
 ) {