diff --git a/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/parsing/PropertiesParserDefinition.java b/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/parsing/PropertiesParserDefinition.java
index 4fbb948a241d..2abdef3448d7 100644
--- a/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/parsing/PropertiesParserDefinition.java
+++ b/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/parsing/PropertiesParserDefinition.java
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ public class PropertiesParserDefinition implements ParserDefinition {
 
   @Override
   public SpaceRequirements spaceExistenceTypeBetweenTokens(ASTNode left, ASTNode right) {
-    if (PropertiesTokenTypes.COMMENTS.contains(left.getElementType())) return SpaceRequirements.MUST_LINE_BREAK;
+    if (left.getElementType() == PropertiesTokenTypes.END_OF_LINE_COMMENT) {
+      return SpaceRequirements.MUST_LINE_BREAK;
+    }
     return SpaceRequirements.MAY;
   }