diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index bfed3e97..ee904962 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -934,10 +934,15 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
 
     function expect(punc) { return expect_token("punc", punc); };
 
+    function has_newline_before(token) {
+        return token.nlb || !all(token.comments_before, function(comment) {
+            return !comment.nlb;
+        });
+    }
+
     function can_insert_semicolon() {
-        return !options.strict && (
-            S.token.nlb || is("eof") || is("punc", "}")
-        );
+        return !options.strict
+            && (is("eof") || is("punc", "}") || has_newline_before(S.token));
     };
 
     function is_in_generator() {
@@ -985,10 +990,10 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
             if (S.in_directives) {
                 var token = peek();
                 if (S.token.raw.indexOf("\\") == -1
-                    && (token.nlb
-                        || is_token(token, "eof")
-                        || is_token(token, "punc", ";")
-                        || is_token(token, "punc", "}"))) {
+                    && (is_token(token, "punc", ";")
+                        || is_token(token, "punc", "}")
+                        || has_newline_before(token)
+                        || is_token(token, "eof"))) {
                     S.input.add_directive(S.token.value);
                 } else {
                     S.in_directives = false;
@@ -1111,7 +1116,7 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
 
               case "throw":
                 next();
-                if (S.token.nlb)
+                if (has_newline_before(S.token))
                     croak("Illegal newline after 'throw'");
                 var value = expression(true);
                 semicolon();
@@ -1287,7 +1292,7 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
     };
 
     var arrow_function = function(start, argnames, is_async) {
-        if (S.token.nlb) {
+        if (has_newline_before(S.token)) {
             croak("Unexpected newline before arrow (=>)");
         }
 
@@ -2738,7 +2743,7 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
             return ex;
         }
         var val = expr_atom(allow_calls, allow_arrows);
-        while (is("operator") && UNARY_POSTFIX(S.token.value) && !S.token.nlb) {
+        while (is("operator") && UNARY_POSTFIX(S.token.value) && !has_newline_before(S.token)) {
             if (val instanceof AST_Arrow) unexpected();
             val = make_unary(AST_UnaryPostfix, S.token, val);
             val.start = start;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71e0b421..ebf73b68 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2/tree/harmony",
   "author": "Mihai Bazon <mihai.bazon@gmail.com> (http://lisperator.net/)",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
-  "version": "3.3.1",
+  "version": "3.3.2",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8.0"
   },
diff --git a/test/compress/issue-2652.js b/test/compress/issue-2652.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3159742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compress/issue-2652.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+insert_semicolon: {
+    beautify = {
+        beautify: true,
+        comments: "all",
+    }
+    input: {
+        var a
+        /* foo */ var b
+    }
+    expect_exact: [
+        "var a",
+        "/* foo */;",
+        "",
+        "var b;",
+    ]
+}
+
+unary_postfix: {
+    beautify = {
+        beautify: true,
+        comments: "all",
+    }
+    input: {
+        a
+        /* foo */++b
+    }
+    expect_exact: [
+        "a",
+        "/* foo */;",
+        "",
+        "++b;",
+    ]
+}