diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
index 5093d7cd12..702df16f0a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
@@ -601,21 +601,10 @@ class Parser
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // we ignore "comment" lines only when we are not inside a scalar block
-            if (empty($blockScalarIndentations) && $this->isCurrentLineComment()) {
-                // remember ignored comment lines (they are used later in nested
-                // parser calls to determine real line numbers)
-                //
-                // CAUTION: beware to not populate the global property here as it
-                // will otherwise influence the getRealCurrentLineNb() call here
-                // for consecutive comment lines and subsequent embedded blocks
-                $this->locallySkippedLineNumbers[] = $this->getRealCurrentLineNb();
-
-                continue;
-            }
-
             if ($indent >= $newIndent) {
                 $data[] = substr($this->currentLine, $newIndent);
+            } elseif ($this->isCurrentLineComment()) {
+                $data[] = $this->currentLine;
             } elseif (0 == $indent) {
                 $this->moveToPreviousLine();
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
index f98ac7f51c..7a3c405714 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
@@ -1554,6 +1554,24 @@ YAML;
         $this->assertSame(array('foobar' => 'foobar'), $this->parser->parse($yaml));
     }
 
+    public function testCommentCharactersInMultiLineQuotedStrings()
+    {
+        $yaml = <<<YAML
+foo:
+    foobar: 'foo
+      #bar'
+    bar: baz
+YAML;
+        $expected = array(
+            'foo' => array(
+                'foobar' => 'foo #bar',
+                'bar' => 'baz',
+            ),
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $this->parser->parse($yaml));
+    }
+
     public function testParseMultiLineUnquotedString()
     {
         $yaml = <<<EOT