diff --git a/addon/comment/comment.js b/addon/comment/comment.js
index cb78340231d6a36068f749402eb6b8224a3a4eac..d7f569cc005343441cebd845fb5342da0a313c29 100644
--- a/addon/comment/comment.js
+++ b/addon/comment/comment.js
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@
     // Positions of the last startString before the start of the selection, and the first endString after it.
     var lastStart = startLine.lastIndexOf(startString, from.ch);
     var firstEnd = lastStart == -1 ? -1 : startLine.slice(0, from.ch).indexOf(endString, lastStart + startString.length);
-    if (lastStart != -1 && firstEnd != -1) return false;
+    if (lastStart != -1 && firstEnd != -1 && firstEnd + endString.length != from.ch) return false;
     // Positions of the first endString after the end of the selection, and the last startString before it.
     firstEnd = endLine.indexOf(endString, to.ch);
     var almostLastStart = endLine.slice(to.ch).lastIndexOf(startString, firstEnd - to.ch);
     lastStart = (firstEnd == -1 || almostLastStart == -1) ? -1 : to.ch + almostLastStart;
-    if (firstEnd != -1 && lastStart != -1) return false;
+    if (firstEnd != -1 && lastStart != -1 && lastStart != to.ch) return false;
 
     self.operation(function() {
       self.replaceRange("", Pos(end, close - (pad && endLine.slice(close - pad.length, close) == pad ? pad.length : 0)),