diff --git a/helpers/helpers.js b/helpers/helpers.js
index d4729549..640d6150 100644
--- a/helpers/helpers.js
+++ b/helpers/helpers.js
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ module.exports.forEachInlineCodeSpan =
           currentLine++;
           currentColumn = 0;
         } else if ((char === "\\") &&
-          ((startIndex === -1) || (startColumn === -1))) {
+          ((startIndex === -1) || (startColumn === -1)) &&
+          (input[index + 1] !== "\n")) {
           // Escape character outside code, skip next
           index++;
           currentColumn += 2;
diff --git a/test/line-breaks-inside-code-spans.md b/test/line-breaks-inside-code-spans.md
index 76a69eaf..eff1e069 100644
--- a/test/line-breaks-inside-code-spans.md
+++ b/test/line-breaks-inside-code-spans.md
@@ -66,3 +66,8 @@ text ` code {MD038}
 span code
 span` text
 text.
+
+"<!--"
+-->
+Text `code
+code code `text` {MD038}
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-test.js b/test/markdownlint-test.js
index 05d84696..224968da 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-test.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-test.js
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ module.exports.includesSorted = function includesSorted(test) {
 };
 
 module.exports.forEachInlineCodeSpan = function forEachInlineCodeSpan(test) {
-  test.expect(94);
+  test.expect(99);
   const testCases =
     [
       [
@@ -1916,6 +1916,10 @@ module.exports.forEachInlineCodeSpan = function forEachInlineCodeSpan(test) {
       [
         "text \\` text `code`",
         [ [ "code", 0, 14, 1 ] ]
+      ],
+      [
+        "text\\\n`code`",
+        [ [ "code", 1, 1, 1 ] ]
       ]
     ];
   testCases.forEach((testCase) => {