diff --git a/include/rapidjson/reader.h b/include/rapidjson/reader.h
index 19f8849b1..e53bbd2c9 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/reader.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/reader.h
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class GenericReader {
                     }
                 }
                 else if (RAPIDJSON_LIKELY(Consume(is, '/')))
-                    while (is.Peek() != '\0' && is.Take() != '\n');
+                    while (is.Peek() != '\0' && is.Take() != '\n') {}
                 else
                     RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorUnspecificSyntaxError, is.Tell());