diff --git a/scanner/scanner.go b/scanner/scanner.go
index 0320bb9..7127124 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -8379,6 +8379,7 @@ yyrule127: // ([/][*])|([/][*][*])
 			is_doc_comment = true
 			l.PhpDocComment = ""
 		}
+		c = l.Next()
 		for {
 			if c == -1 {
 				break // TODO: Unterminated comment starting line %d
diff --git a/scanner/scanner.l b/scanner/scanner.l
index e96f5cc..367065c 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.l
+++ b/scanner/scanner.l
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ NEW_LINE        (\r|\n|\r\n)
         l.PhpDocComment = ""
     }
 
+    c = l.Next()
     for {
         if c == -1 {
             break; // TODO: Unterminated comment starting line %d
@@ -652,4 +653,4 @@ NEW_LINE        (\r|\n|\r\n)
 %%
     if c, ok := l.Abort(); ok { return int(c) }
     goto yyAction
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}