diff --git a/Universal/Sniffs/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArraySniff.php b/Universal/Sniffs/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArraySniff.php
index ee7679d..236bb68 100644
--- a/Universal/Sniffs/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArraySniff.php
+++ b/Universal/Sniffs/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArraySniff.php
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ public function processKey(File $phpcsFile, $startPtr, $endPtr, $itemNr)
     public function processNoKey(File $phpcsFile, $startPtr, $itemNr)
     {
         $firstNonEmpty = $phpcsFile->findNext(Tokens::$emptyTokens, $startPtr, null, true);
-        if ($firstNonEmpty === false) {
-            // Shouldn't be possible.
+        if ($firstNonEmpty === false || $this->tokens[$firstNonEmpty]['code'] === \T_COMMA) {
+            // Shouldn't really be possible, but this must be a parse error (empty array item).
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/Universal/Tests/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArrayUnitTest.inc b/Universal/Tests/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArrayUnitTest.inc
index 513d606..e0f2e12 100644
--- a/Universal/Tests/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArrayUnitTest.inc
+++ b/Universal/Tests/Arrays/MixedKeyedUnkeyedArrayUnitTest.inc
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ $array = [
     'string' => 'string key',
     'value',
 ];
+
+// Test handling of empty array item.
+$array = [
+    'value', /*comment*/,
+    'another value',
+];