diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp
index 547f424b9d..cba63099c9 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/Parser.cpp
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ Parser::Arg Parser::getFullArg(char left, char right, bool allow_escaping)
 		putback();
 		return make_pair(false, string());
 	} else {
-		for (t = get_token(); good(); t = get_token()) {
+		while (good()) {
+			t = get_token();
 			// Ignore comments
 			if (t.cat() == catComment) {
 				if (!t.cs().empty())