diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java
index 79124461f9c92b75d8bda11e01cd1794d2e3b959..21f570372e451b0a8ff1c10aae5b5e56f3891727 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java
@@ -1986,57 +1986,69 @@ class Parser implements DTDConstants {
         while (true) {
             int i = 0;
             while (!insideComment && i < SCRIPT_END_TAG.length
-                       && (SCRIPT_END_TAG[i] == ch
-                           || SCRIPT_END_TAG_UPPER_CASE[i] == ch)) {
+                    && (SCRIPT_END_TAG[i] == ch
+                    || SCRIPT_END_TAG_UPPER_CASE[i] == ch)) {
                 charsToAdd[i] = (char) ch;
                 ch = readCh();
                 i++;
             }
             if (i == SCRIPT_END_TAG.length) {
-
-                /*  '</script>' tag detected */
-                /* Here, ch == the first character after </script> */
                 return;
-            } else {
-
-                /* To account for extra read()'s that happened */
-                for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-                    addString(charsToAdd[j]);
-                }
+            }
 
-                switch (ch) {
-                case -1:
-                    error("eof.script");
-                    return;
-                case '\n':
-                    ln++;
+            if (!insideComment && i == 1 && charsToAdd[0] == START_COMMENT.charAt(0)) {
+                // it isn't end script tag, but may be it's start comment tag?
+                while (i < START_COMMENT.length()
+                        && START_COMMENT.charAt(i) == ch) {
+                    charsToAdd[i] = (char) ch;
                     ch = readCh();
-                    lfCount++;
-                    addString('\n');
-                    break;
-                case '\r':
-                    ln++;
-                    if ((ch = readCh()) == '\n') {
-                        ch = readCh();
-                        crlfCount++;
-                    } else {
-                        crCount++;
-                    }
-                    addString('\n');
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    addString(ch);
-                    String str = new String(getChars(0, strpos));
-                    if (!insideComment && str.endsWith(START_COMMENT)) {
-                        insideComment = true;
-                    }
-                    if (insideComment && str.endsWith(END_COMMENT)) {
-                        insideComment = false;
-                    }
+                    i++;
+                }
+                if (i == START_COMMENT.length()) {
+                    insideComment = true;
+                }
+            }
+            if (insideComment) {
+                while (i < END_COMMENT.length()
+                        && END_COMMENT.charAt(i) == ch) {
+                    charsToAdd[i] = (char) ch;
                     ch = readCh();
-                    break;
-                } // switch
+                    i++;
+                }
+                if (i == END_COMMENT.length()) {
+                    insideComment = false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            /* To account for extra read()'s that happened */
+            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+                addString(charsToAdd[j]);
             }
+            switch (ch) {
+            case -1:
+                error("eof.script");
+                return;
+            case '\n':
+                ln++;
+                ch = readCh();
+                lfCount++;
+                addString('\n');
+                break;
+            case '\r':
+                ln++;
+                if ((ch = readCh()) == '\n') {
+                    ch = readCh();
+                    crlfCount++;
+                } else {
+                    crCount++;
+                }
+                addString('\n');
+                break;
+            default:
+                addString(ch);
+                ch = readCh();
+                break;
+            } // switch
         } // while
     }
 
diff --git a/test/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser/8078268/bug8078268.java b/test/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser/8078268/bug8078268.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/test/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser/8078268/slowparse.html b/test/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser/8078268/slowparse.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391