diff --git a/lib/rubocop/rspec/expect_offense.rb b/lib/rubocop/rspec/expect_offense.rb
index 7140ef2487e..b44eb1b664e 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/rspec/expect_offense.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/rspec/expect_offense.rb
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ def self.parse(annotated_source)
               source << source_line
             end
           end
+          annotations.each { |a| a[0] = 1 } if source.empty?
 
           new(source, annotations)
         end