diff --git a/boa_parser/src/parser/expression/update.rs b/boa_parser/src/parser/expression/update.rs
index 9f196fac3f1..d36f8aff2d5 100644
--- a/boa_parser/src/parser/expression/update.rs
+++ b/boa_parser/src/parser/expression/update.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ where
         let lhs = LeftHandSideExpression::new(self.name, self.allow_yield, self.allow_await)
             .parse(cursor, interner)?;
 
+        if cursor.peek_is_line_terminator(0, interner)?.unwrap_or(true) {
+            return Ok(lhs);
+        }
+
         if let Some(tok) = cursor.peek(0, interner)? {
             let token_start = tok.span().start();
             match tok.kind() {