diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index 9c7e69fc1..dc9a7da8e 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -7088,10 +7088,13 @@ static BC_STATUS zbc_vm_stdin(void)
 				string++;
 				if (c == '/' && *string == '*') {
 					comment = true;
-					break;
+					string++;
+					continue;
 				}
-				if (c == '*' && *string == '/')
+				if (c == '*' && *string == '/') {
 					comment = false;
+					string++;
+				}
 			}
 			if (str || comment || string[-2] == '\\') {
 				bc_vec_concat(&buffer, buf.v);
diff --git a/testsuite/bc.tests b/testsuite/bc.tests
index 32460092b..4f0d50f73 100755
--- a/testsuite/bc.tests
+++ b/testsuite/bc.tests
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 . ./testing.sh
 
+# testing "test name" "command" "expected result" "file input" "stdin"
+
+testing "bc comment 1" \
+	"bc" \
+	"3\n" \
+	"" "1 /* comment */ + 2"
+
+testing "bc comment 2: /*/ is not a closed comment" \
+	"bc" \
+	"4\n" \
+	"" "1 /*/ + 2 */ + 3"
+
 tar xJf bc_large.tar.xz
 
 for f in bc*.bc; do