diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwarf.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwarf.go
index 0e22b61bc3f..30472a9ebd7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwarf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwarf.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func createDwarfVars(fnsym *obj.LSym, complexOK bool, fn *ir.Func, apDecls []*ir
 			Type:          base.Ctxt.Lookup(typename),
 			DeclFile:      declpos.RelFilename(),
 			DeclLine:      declpos.RelLine(),
-			DeclCol:       declpos.Col(),
+			DeclCol:       declpos.RelCol(),
 			InlIndex:      int32(inlIndex),
 			ChildIndex:    -1,
 		})
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func createSimpleVar(fnsym *obj.LSym, n *ir.Name) *dwarf.Var {
 		Type:          base.Ctxt.Lookup(typename),
 		DeclFile:      declpos.RelFilename(),
 		DeclLine:      declpos.RelLine(),
-		DeclCol:       declpos.Col(),
+		DeclCol:       declpos.RelCol(),
 		InlIndex:      int32(inlIndex),
 		ChildIndex:    -1,
 	}
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func createComplexVar(fnsym *obj.LSym, fn *ir.Func, varID ssa.VarID) *dwarf.Var
 		StackOffset: ssagen.StackOffset(debug.Slots[debug.VarSlots[varID][0]]),
 		DeclFile:    declpos.RelFilename(),
 		DeclLine:    declpos.RelLine(),
-		DeclCol:     declpos.Col(),
+		DeclCol:     declpos.RelCol(),
 		InlIndex:    int32(inlIndex),
 		ChildIndex:  -1,
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwinl.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwinl.go
index 8adb36fc883..c785e064a7f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwinl.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/dwinl.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func makePreinlineDclMap(fnsym *obj.LSym) map[varPos]int {
 			DeclName: unversion(n.Sym().Name),
 			DeclFile: pos.RelFilename(),
 			DeclLine: pos.RelLine(),
-			DeclCol:  pos.Col(),
+			DeclCol:  pos.RelCol(),
 		}
 		if _, found := m[vp]; found {
 			// We can see collisions (variables with the same name/file/line/col) in obfuscated or machine-generated code -- see issue 44378 for an example. Skip duplicates in such cases, since it is unlikely that a human will be debugging such code.