diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
index 7a45e8e3..aa0d99ce 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
@@ -253,6 +253,37 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
             Assert.AreEqual(input.Result, deserialized.Result);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void DeserializeJObjectWithComments()
+        {
+            JObject o = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(@"{/*Test*/""A"":/* Test */true/* Test */,/* Test */""B"":/* Test */false/* Test */}");
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, o.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, (bool)o["A"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(false, (bool)o["B"]);
+
+            o = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(@"{/* Test */}");
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, o.Count);
+
+            o = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(@"{""A"": true/* Test */}");
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, o.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, (bool)o["A"]);
+        }
+
+        public class CommentTestObject
+        {
+            public bool? A { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DeserializeCommentTestObjectWithComments()
+        {
+            CommentTestObject o = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CommentTestObject>(@"{/* Test */}");
+            Assert.AreEqual(null, o.A);
+
+            o = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CommentTestObject>(@"{""A"": true/* Test */}");
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, o.A);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void JsonSerializerProperties()
         {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonProperty.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonProperty.cs
index 32cbfb07..a275557c 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonProperty.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonProperty.cs
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
     {
         internal Required? _required;
         internal bool _hasExplicitDefaultValue;
-        internal object _defaultValue;
 
+        private object _defaultValue;
         private bool _hasGeneratedDefaultValue;
         private string _propertyName;
         private bool _skipPropertyNameEscape;
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
index db859024..fc7c7f1f 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
@@ -236,8 +236,11 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
                     if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.PropertyName)
                     {
                         string propertyName = (string)reader.Value;
-                        if (!reader.Read())
-                            break;
+                        do
+                        {
+                            if (!reader.Read())
+                                break;
+                        } while (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Comment);
 
                         if (CheckPropertyName(reader, propertyName))
                             continue;
@@ -245,6 +248,10 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
                         writer.WritePropertyName(propertyName);
                         writer.WriteToken(reader, true, true);
                     }
+                    else if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Comment)
+                    {
+                        // eat
+                    }
                     else
                     {
                         writer.WriteEndObject();