1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 43081e27945..b30635f062d 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ back_comment (from, from_byte, stop, comnested, comstyle, charpos_ptr, bytepos_p
           break;
 
         default:
+          continue;
         }
     }