diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
index 41372093..832fde45 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
         public void SerializeComment()
         {
             string xml = @"<span class=""vevent"">
-  <a class=""url"" href=""http://www.web2con.com/"">Text</a><!-- Hi! -->
+  <a class=""url"" href=""http://www.web2con.com/""><!-- Hi --><span>Text</span></a><!-- Hi! -->
 </span>";
             XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
             doc.LoadXml(xml);
@@ -1214,8 +1214,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
     ""@class"": ""vevent"",
     ""a"": {
       ""@class"": ""url"",
-      ""@href"": ""http://www.web2con.com/"",
-      ""#text"": ""Text""
+      ""@href"": ""http://www.web2con.com/""/* Hi */,
+      ""span"": ""Text""
     }/* Hi! */
   }
 }";
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
             StringAssert.AreEqual(expected, jsonText);
 
             XmlDocument newDoc = (XmlDocument)DeserializeXmlNode(jsonText);
-            Assert.AreEqual(@"<span class=""vevent""><a class=""url"" href=""http://www.web2con.com/"">Text</a><!-- Hi! --></span>", newDoc.InnerXml);
+			Assert.AreEqual(@"<span class=""vevent""><a class=""url"" href=""http://www.web2con.com/""><!-- Hi --><span>Text</span></a><!-- Hi! --></span>", newDoc.InnerXml);
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
index e607ae68..402fb764 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
@@ -1580,6 +1580,9 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
                         case JsonToken.EndObject:
                             finishedElement = true;
                             break;
+                        case JsonToken.Comment:
+                            finishedElement = true;
+                            break;
                         default:
                             throw new JsonSerializationException("Unexpected JsonToken: " + reader.TokenType);
                     }