diff --git a/src/missed_spans.rs b/src/missed_spans.rs
index 008efd2bef1..27b94a6c8ae 100644
--- a/src/missed_spans.rs
+++ b/src/missed_spans.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,12 @@ impl<'a> FmtVisitor<'a> {
         // - if there isn't one already
         // - otherwise, only if the last line is a line comment
         if status.line_start <= snippet.len() {
-            match snippet[status.line_start..].chars().next() {
+            match snippet[status.line_start..]
+                .chars()
+                // skip trailing whitespaces
+                .skip_while(|c| *c == ' ' || *c == '\t')
+                .next()
+            {
                 Some('\n') | Some('\r') => {
                     if !subslice.trim_end().ends_with("*/") {
                         self.push_str("\n");
diff --git a/tests/source/issue-3423.rs b/tests/source/issue-3423.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbe8e5c372e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/source/issue-3423.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* a nice comment with a trailing whitespace */ 
+fn foo() {}
+
+/* a nice comment with a trailing tab */			
+fn bar() {}
diff --git a/tests/target/issue-3423.rs b/tests/target/issue-3423.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd60251771d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/target/issue-3423.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* a nice comment with a trailing whitespace */
+fn foo() {}
+
+/* a nice comment with a trailing tab */
+fn bar() {}