diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/lex.c b/src/cmd/gc/lex.c
index f9d9267709..9dded356d4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/lex.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/lex.c
@@ -728,14 +728,10 @@ l0:
 		if(c1 == '/') {
 			c = getlinepragma();
 			for(;;) {
-				if(c == '\n') {
+				if(c == '\n' || c == EOF) {
 					ungetc(c);
 					goto l0;
 				}
-				if(c == EOF) {
-					yyerror("eof in comment");
-					errorexit();
-				}
 				c = getr();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/eof1.go b/test/eof1.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c39a3cfdb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/eof1.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// $G $D/$F.go
+
+// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+// No newline at the end of this comment.
\ No newline at end of file