diff --git a/parsers/julia.c b/parsers/julia.c
index b746584919..cbfad00d88 100644
--- a/parsers/julia.c
+++ b/parsers/julia.c
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ static void initLexer (lexerState *lexer)
     advanceNChar(lexer, 2);
     lexer->token_str = vStringNew();
     lexer->first_token = true;
+    lexer->cur_token = TOKEN_NONE;
 
     if (lexer->cur_c == '#' && lexer->next_c == '!')
     {