diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index d28dd87110..7ad02de56e 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ namespace ts {
             const sourceFile = syntaxTreeCache.getCurrentSourceFile(fileName);
 
             // Check if in a context where we don't want to perform any insertion
-            if (isInString(sourceFile, position) || isInComment(sourceFile, position)) {
+            if (isInString(sourceFile, position)) {
                 return false;
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/commentBraceCompletionPosition.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/commentBraceCompletionPosition.ts
index b92c49d3a1..3730a3466c 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/commentBraceCompletionPosition.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/commentBraceCompletionPosition.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 //// }
 
 goTo.marker('1');
-verify.not.isValidBraceCompletionAtPosition('(');
+verify.isValidBraceCompletionAtPosition('(');
 
 goTo.marker('2');
-verify.not.isValidBraceCompletionAtPosition('(');
+verify.isValidBraceCompletionAtPosition('(');
 
 goTo.marker('3');
-verify.not.isValidBraceCompletionAtPosition('(');
\ No newline at end of file
+verify.isValidBraceCompletionAtPosition('(');
\ No newline at end of file