diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
index 54aa40999d1..fb60c7124cc 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
-import { Node } from 'EmmetNode';
+import { Node, Stylesheet } from 'EmmetNode';
 import { isValidLocationForEmmetAbbreviation } from './abbreviationActions';
 import { getEmmetHelper, getNode, getMappingForIncludedLanguages, parsePartialStylesheet, getEmmetConfiguration, getEmmetMode, isStyleSheet, parseDocument } from './util';
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export class DefaultCompletionItemProvider implements vscode.CompletionItemProvi
 			validateLocation = syntax === 'html' || isStyleSheet(document.languageId);
 			// If document can be css parsed, get currentNode
 			if (isStyleSheet(document.languageId)) {
-				const rootNode = document.lineCount > 1000 ? parsePartialStylesheet(document, position) : parseDocument(document, false);
-				if (!rootNode) {
+				const rootNode = document.lineCount > 1000 ? parsePartialStylesheet(document, position) : <Stylesheet>parseDocument(document, false);
+				if (!rootNode || (rootNode.comments || []).some(x => position.isAfterOrEqual(x.start) && position.isBeforeOrEqual(x.end))) {
 					return;
 				}
 
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts
index 4fed8eb00d2..8dd1d2d21f5 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import parse from '@emmetio/html-matcher';
 import parseStylesheet from '@emmetio/css-parser';
-import { Node, HtmlNode, CssToken, Property, Rule } from 'EmmetNode';
+import { Node, HtmlNode, CssToken, Property, Rule, Stylesheet } from 'EmmetNode';
 import { DocumentStreamReader } from './bufferStream';
 
 let _emmetHelper: any;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function parseDocument(document: vscode.TextDocument, showError: boolean
 	return undefined;
 }
 
-export function parsePartialStylesheet(document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position): Node | undefined {
+export function parsePartialStylesheet(document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position): Stylesheet | undefined {
 
 	let startPosition = new vscode.Position(0, 0);
 	let endPosition = new vscode.Position(document.lineCount - 1, document.lineAt(document.lineCount - 1).text.length);