diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Annotation/Tokens.php b/src/Doctrine/Annotation/Tokens.php
index d1e7ad8bfab..355c6d0833b 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Annotation/Tokens.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Annotation/Tokens.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static function createFromDocComment(PhpToken $input, array $ignoredTags
             $index = 0;
             $nbScannedTokensToUse = 0;
             $nbScopes = 0;
-            while (null !== $token = $lexer->peek()) {
+            while ($token = $lexer->peek()) {
                 if (0 === $index && DocLexer::T_AT !== $token['type']) {
                     break;
                 }