diff --git a/code/Common/RemoveComments.cpp b/code/Common/RemoveComments.cpp
index d1c2ac391..e1ba99761 100644
--- a/code/Common/RemoveComments.cpp
+++ b/code/Common/RemoveComments.cpp
@@ -59,13 +59,16 @@ void CommentRemover::RemoveLineComments(const char* szComment,
     ai_assert(nullptr != szBuffer);
     ai_assert(*szComment);
 
-    const size_t len = strlen(szComment);
+    size_t len = strlen(szComment);
+    const size_t lenBuffer = strlen(szBuffer);
+    if (len > lenBuffer) {
+        len = lenBuffer;
+    }
     while (*szBuffer)   {
 
         // skip over quotes
         if (*szBuffer == '\"' || *szBuffer == '\'')
             while (*szBuffer++ && *szBuffer != '\"' && *szBuffer != '\'');
-
         if (!strncmp(szBuffer,szComment,len)) {
             while (!IsLineEnd(*szBuffer))
                 *szBuffer++ = chReplacement;