diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cafea6..e24325b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Fixed
 - Bug #10: `Ely/blank_line_before_return` don't treat interpolation curly bracket as beginning of the scope.
+- Bug #9: `Ely/line_break_after_statements` add space before next meaningful line of code and skip comments.
 
 ## [0.4.0] - 2022-12-06
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixer.php b/src/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixer.php
index 0bcc605..db75d0b 100644
--- a/src/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixer.php
+++ b/src/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixer.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ final class LineBreakAfterStatementsFixer extends AbstractFixer implements White
     /**
      * There is no 'do', 'cause the processing of the 'while' also includes do {} while (); construction
      */
-    public const STATEMENTS = [
+    private const STATEMENTS = [
         T_IF,
         T_SWITCH,
         T_FOR,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class Foo
             }
 
             $endStatementIndex = $this->findStatementEnd($tokens, $index);
-            $nextStatementIndex = $tokens->getNextNonWhitespace($endStatementIndex);
+            $nextStatementIndex = $tokens->getNextMeaningfulToken($endStatementIndex);
             if ($nextStatementIndex === null) {
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/tests/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixerTest.php b/tests/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixerTest.php
index 35c2036..e23d142 100644
--- a/tests/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Fixer/Whitespace/LineBreakAfterStatementsFixerTest.php
@@ -575,6 +575,14 @@ class Foo
     }
 }',
         ];
+
+        yield [
+            '<?php
+            do {
+                $a = 123;
+            } while ($value > 10); // comment here
+            ',
+        ];
     }
 
     protected function createFixer(): AbstractFixer {