1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index dd01f5409..ecd19cb0b 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -3090,24 +3090,27 @@ static BcStatus bc_lex_comment(BcLex *l)
 {
         size_t i, nls = 0;
         const char *buf = l->buf;
-        bool end = false;
-        char c;
 
         l->t.t = BC_LEX_WHITESPACE;
-
-        for (i = ++l->i; !end; i += !end) {
-
-                for (c = buf[i]; c != '*' && c != 0; c = buf[++i]) nls += (c == '\n');
-
-                if (c == 0 || buf[i + 1] == '\0') {
+        i = ++l->i;
+        for (;;) {
+                char c = buf[i];
+ check_star:
+                if (c == '*') {
+                        c = buf[++i];
+                        if (c == '/')
+                                break;
+                        goto check_star;
+                }
+                if (c == '\0') {
                         l->i = i;
                         return BC_STATUS_LEX_NO_COMMENT_END;
                 }
-
-                end = buf[i + 1] == '/';
+                nls += (c == '\n');
+                i++;
         }
 
-        l->i = i + 2;
+        l->i = i + 1;
         l->line += nls;
 
         return BC_STATUS_SUCCESS;