diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index 833e9ea9f..84fbc5130 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -6725,11 +6725,6 @@ gb_internal bool parse_file(Parser *p, AstFile *f) {
 
 	String filepath = f->tokenizer.fullpath;
 	String base_dir = dir_from_path(filepath);
-	if (f->curr_token.kind == Token_Comment) {
-		consume_comment_groups(f, f->prev_token);
-	}
-
-	CommentGroup *docs = f->lead_comment;
 
 	Array<Token> tags = array_make<Token>(temporary_allocator());
 	bool first_invalid_token_set = false;
@@ -6751,6 +6746,8 @@ gb_internal bool parse_file(Parser *p, AstFile *f) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	CommentGroup *docs = f->lead_comment;
+
 	if (f->curr_token.kind != Token_package) {
 		ERROR_BLOCK();