1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
index 226d4bdc62d..e57c7e639c9 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -981,11 +981,15 @@ don't move and return nil.  Otherwise return t."
                        (_ (if (python-comment-line-p)
                               (python-skip-comments/blanks t)))
                        (ci (current-indentation))
-                       (open (python-open-block-statement-p)))
+                       (open (python-open-block-statement-p))
+                       opoint)
                   (if (and (zerop ci) (not open))
                       (not (goto-char point))
                     (catch 'done
-                      (while (zerop (python-next-statement))
+                      (setq opoint (point))
+                      (while (and (zerop (python-next-statement))
+                                  (not (= opoint (point))))
+                        (setq opoint (point))
                         (when (or (and open (<= (current-indentation) ci))
                                   (< (current-indentation) ci))
                           (python-skip-comments/blanks t)
@@ -2225,6 +2229,7 @@ with skeleton expansions for compound statement templates.
                                    ;;  . python-font-lock-syntactic-face-function)
                                    ))
   (set (make-local-variable 'parse-sexp-lookup-properties) t)
+  (set (make-local-variable 'parse-sexp-ignore-comments) t)
   (set (make-local-variable 'comment-start) "# ")
   (set (make-local-variable 'indent-line-function) #'python-indent-line)
   (set (make-local-variable 'indent-region-function) #'python-indent-region)