1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index e1fb7532b85..18c88b458e6 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ back_comment (from, from_byte, stop, comnested, comstyle, charpos_ptr, bytepos_p
     {
       from = comstart_pos;
       from_byte = comstart_byte;
-      /* Globals are correct now.  */
+      UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD (from - 1);
     }
   else
     {