diff --git a/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js b/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js
index f945cfeffe2..41e6be3a289 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module.exports = {
                         if (lineNumber - lastLineNumber - 1 > maxAllowed) {
                             context.report({
                                 node,
-                                loc: { start: { line: lastLineNumber + 1, column: 0 }, end: { line: lineNumber, column: 0 } },
+                                loc: { start: { line: lastLineNumber + maxAllowed + 1, column: 0 }, end: { line: lineNumber, column: 0 } },
                                 message,
                                 data: { max: maxAllowed, pluralizedLines: maxAllowed === 1 ? "line" : "lines" },
                                 fix(fixer) {
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js
index 5c51dd81107..7b14f75ae35 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-multiple-empty-lines.js
@@ -316,6 +316,32 @@ ruleTester.run("no-multiple-empty-lines", rule, {
             output: "foo\n",
             options: [{ max: 1, maxEOF: 0 }],
             errors: [getExpectedErrorEOF(0)]
+        },
+        {
+
+            // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/pull/12594
+            code: "var a;\n\n\n\n\nvar b;",
+            output: "var a;\n\nvar b;",
+            options: [{ max: 1 }],
+            errors: [{
+                message: "More than 1 blank line not allowed.",
+                type: "Program",
+                line: 3,
+                column: 1
+            }]
+        },
+        {
+
+            // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/pull/12594
+            code: "var a;\n\n\n\n\nvar b;",
+            output: "var a;\n\n\nvar b;",
+            options: [{ max: 2 }],
+            errors: [{
+                message: "More than 2 blank lines not allowed.",
+                type: "Program",
+                line: 4,
+                column: 1
+            }]
         }
     ]
 });