1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el
index 2aa6b90dea3..34ba97bb87f 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el
@@ -2390,6 +2390,8 @@ with // and /*, not more generic line and block comments."
           ;; Go to a less nested declaration each time round this loop.
           (and
            (setq old-pos (point))
+           ;; The following form tries to move to the end of the previous
+           ;; declaration without moving outside of an enclosing {.
            (let (pseudo)
              (while
                  (and
@@ -2404,7 +2406,9 @@ with // and /*, not more generic line and block comments."
                            (setq pseudo (c-cheap-inside-bracelist-p (c-parse-state)))))))
                (goto-char pseudo))
              t)
-           (>= (point) bod-lim)
+           (or (> (point) bod-lim)
+               (eq bod-lim (point-min)))
+           ;; Move forward to the start of the next declaration.
            (progn (c-forward-syntactic-ws)
                   ;; Have we got stuck in a comment at EOB?
                   (not (and (eobp)