diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index dc4c0a58170..475216f6e1c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -7215,6 +7215,7 @@ namespace ts {
             }
 
             function parseJSDocCommentWorker(startOrRanges: number | CommentRange[] = 0, length: number | undefined): JSDoc | undefined {
+                // const isTripleSlash = Array.isArray(startOrRanges);
                 // TODO: Probably should save a boolean isTripleSlash at the beginning and make all the nested functions change their behaviour.
                 const content = sourceText; // TODO: Why alias this?
                 const comments: string[] = [];
@@ -7226,7 +7227,6 @@ namespace ts {
                     const ranges = startOrRanges;
                     let currentTag: JSDocTag | undefined; // TODO: Probably can use tags
                     for (const { pos: start, end } of ranges) {
-                        if (isRecognizedTripleSlashComment(content, start, end)) continue;
                         const length = end - start;
                         scanner.scanRange(start + 3, length - 3, () => {
                             while (nextTokenJSDoc() !== SyntaxKind.EndOfFileToken) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index 25c1af7fa0f..4a783ebd6e4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ namespace ts {
             text.charCodeAt(comment.pos + 1) === CharacterCodes.asterisk &&
             text.charCodeAt(comment.pos + 2) === CharacterCodes.asterisk &&
             text.charCodeAt(comment.pos + 3) !== CharacterCodes.slash
-            || isTripleSlashComment(comment, text));
+            || isTripleSlashComment(comment, text) && !isRecognizedTripleSlashComment(text, comment.pos, comment.end));
     }
 
     export const fullTripleSlashReferencePathRegEx = /^(\/\/\/\s*<reference\s+path\s*=\s*)('|")(.+?)\2.*?\/>/;