diff --git a/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts b/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts
index 4a7033c6f3e..651105e9d5c 100644
--- a/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts
+++ b/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts
@@ -695,8 +695,8 @@ namespace ts.formatting {
                 let tokenStart = sourceFile.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(currentTokenInfo.token.pos);
                 if (isTokenInRange) {
                     let rangeHasError = rangeContainsError(currentTokenInfo.token);
-                    // save prevStartLine since processRange will overwrite this value with current ones
-                    let prevStartLine = previousRangeStartLine;
+                    // save previousRange since processRange will overwrite this value with current one
+                    let savePreviousRange = previousRange;
                     lineAdded = processRange(currentTokenInfo.token, tokenStart, parent, childContextNode, dynamicIndentation);
                     if (rangeHasError) {
                         // do not indent comments\token if token range overlaps with some error
@@ -707,7 +707,9 @@ namespace ts.formatting {
                             indentToken = lineAdded;
                         }
                         else {
-                            indentToken = lastTriviaWasNewLine && tokenStart.line !== prevStartLine;
+                            // indent token only if end line of previous range does not match start line of the token
+                            const prevEndLine = savePreviousRange && sourceFile.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(savePreviousRange.end).line;
+                            indentToken = lastTriviaWasNewLine &&  tokenStart.line !== prevEndLine;
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/formatAfterMultilineComment.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/formatAfterMultilineComment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b795ab5c8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/formatAfterMultilineComment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/// <reference path="fourslash.ts"/>
+/////*foo
+////*/"123123";
+
+format.document();
+verify.currentFileContentIs(`/*foo
+*/"123123";`)