diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/lexer/LexingCommon.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/lexer/LexingCommon.java
index 23ad1f07e35..6bc1babbc05 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/lexer/LexingCommon.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/lexer/LexingCommon.java
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public boolean isEndSeen() {
     }
 
     public boolean isLookingAtEOL() {
-        for (int i = lex_p + 1; i < lex_pend; i++) {
+        for (int i = lex_p; i < lex_pend; i++) {
             int c = lexb.get(i);
             boolean eol = c == '\n' || c == '#';
             if (eol || !isSpace(c)) {