diff --git a/src/Composer/Autoload/PhpFileCleaner.php b/src/Composer/Autoload/PhpFileCleaner.php
index 2564973fc..190d518a6 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Autoload/PhpFileCleaner.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Autoload/PhpFileCleaner.php
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class PhpFileCleaner
                     }
                     if ($this->peek('*')) {
                         $this->skipComment();
+                        continue;
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/classmap/sameNsMultipleClasses.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/classmap/sameNsMultipleClasses.php
index f92ae8be4..efd3f1c11 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/classmap/sameNsMultipleClasses.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/classmap/sameNsMultipleClasses.php
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ namespace Foo\Bar;
 
 class A {}
 class B {}
+
+$x = `/** unterminated comment`;