diff --git a/lib/source-code/source-code.js b/lib/source-code/source-code.js
index 450dc24a163..86a56803ed7 100644
--- a/lib/source-code/source-code.js
+++ b/lib/source-code/source-code.js
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class SourceCode extends TokenStore {
     isSpaceBetweenTokens(first, second) {
         const text = this.text.slice(first.range[1], second.range[0]);
 
-        return /\s/u.test(text.replace(/\/\*.*?\*\//gu, ""));
+        return /\s/u.test(text.replace(/\/\*.*?\*\//gus, ""));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/lib/source-code/source-code.js b/tests/lib/source-code/source-code.js
index 57cc960d2f9..9e8da484428 100644
--- a/tests/lib/source-code/source-code.js
+++ b/tests/lib/source-code/source-code.js
@@ -1796,6 +1796,7 @@ describe("SourceCode", () => {
             ["let  foo = bar;", true],
             ["let /**/ foo = bar;", true],
             ["let/**/foo = bar;", false],
+            ["let/*\n*/foo = bar", false],
             ["a+b", false],
             ["a/**/+b", false],
             ["a/* */+b", false],