diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/lexer/KtTokens.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/lexer/KtTokens.java
index c3d9ed91c81..16d789374d1 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/lexer/KtTokens.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/lexer/KtTokens.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public interface KtTokens {
      * @see KtPsiUtil#isInComment(com.intellij.psi.PsiElement)
      */
     TokenSet COMMENTS = TokenSet.create(EOL_COMMENT, BLOCK_COMMENT, DOC_COMMENT, SHEBANG_COMMENT);
-    TokenSet WHITE_SPACE_OR_COMMENT_BIT_SET = TokenSet.orSet(COMMENTS, TokenSet.create(WHITE_SPACE));
+    TokenSet WHITE_SPACE_OR_COMMENT_BIT_SET = TokenSet.orSet(COMMENTS, WHITESPACES);
 
     TokenSet STRINGS = TokenSet.create(CHARACTER_LITERAL, REGULAR_STRING_PART);
     TokenSet OPERATIONS = TokenSet.create(AS_KEYWORD, AS_SAFE, IS_KEYWORD, IN_KEYWORD, DOT, PLUSPLUS, MINUSMINUS, EXCLEXCL, MUL, PLUS,