diff --git a/src/build/makedep.c b/src/build/makedep.c
index 8f9fc7230be..743198cb84d 100644
--- a/src/build/makedep.c
+++ b/src/build/makedep.c
@@ -435,12 +435,16 @@ static file_entry *compute_dependencies(int srcrootlen, const astring *srcfile)
 			int scan = index;
 			dependency *dep;
 			int start;
+			int just_continue = 0;
 
 			/* first make sure we're not commented or quoted */
 			for (scan = index; scan > 2 && filedata[scan] != 13 && filedata[scan] != 10; scan--)
 				if ((filedata[scan] == '/' && filedata[scan - 1] == '/') || filedata[scan] == '"')
+				{
+					just_continue = 1;
 					break;
-			if (filedata[scan] != 13 && filedata[scan] != 10)
+				}
+			if (just_continue)
 				continue;
 
 			/* scan forward to find the quotes or bracket */