diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index 2e8729b29c220..8882398d27b5e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -7440,11 +7440,9 @@ namespace ts {
                     loop: while (true) {
                         switch (tok) {
                             case SyntaxKind.NewLineTrivia:
-                                if (state >= JSDocState.SawAsterisk) {
-                                    state = JSDocState.BeginningOfLine;
-                                    // don't use pushComment here because we want to keep the margin unchanged
-                                    comments.push(scanner.getTokenText());
-                                }
+                                state = JSDocState.BeginningOfLine;
+                                // don't use pushComment here because we want to keep the margin unchanged
+                                comments.push(scanner.getTokenText());
                                 indent = 0;
                                 break;
                             case SyntaxKind.AtToken:
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts
index 0af076df7622b..ace9f0af99654 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@ namespace ts {
                     `/**
  * @author John Doe <john.doe@example.com>
  * @author John Doe <john.doe@example.com> unexpected comment
+ */`);
+
+                parsesCorrectly("consecutive newline tokens",
+                    `/**
+ * @example
+ * Some\n\n * text\r\n * with newlines.
  */`);
             });
         });
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.consecutive newline tokens.json b/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.consecutive newline tokens.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..26875d7eba7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.consecutive newline tokens.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+    "kind": "JSDocComment",
+    "pos": 0,
+    "end": 55,
+    "flags": "JSDoc",
+    "modifierFlagsCache": 0,
+    "transformFlags": 0,
+    "tags": {
+        "0": {
+            "kind": "JSDocTag",
+            "pos": 7,
+            "end": 19,
+            "modifierFlagsCache": 0,
+            "transformFlags": 0,
+            "tagName": {
+                "kind": "Identifier",
+                "pos": 8,
+                "end": 15,
+                "modifierFlagsCache": 0,
+                "transformFlags": 0,
+                "escapedText": "example"
+            },
+            "comment": "Some\n\ntext\r\nwith newlines."
+        },
+        "length": 1,
+        "pos": 7,
+        "end": 19,
+        "hasTrailingComma": false,
+        "transformFlags": 0
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file