diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
index 3a41387c537ef..61a4388bf5c1b 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
@@ -1601,8 +1601,8 @@ private function parse_next_tag() {
 						 *       `?` as the modifiable text, the `<!--->` needs to become `<!--?-->`, which
 						 *       involves inserting an additional `-` into the token after the modifiable text.
 						 */
-						$this->parser_state         = self::STATE_COMMENT;
-						$this->token_length         = $closer_at + $span_of_dashes + 1 - $this->token_starts_at;
+						$this->parser_state = self::STATE_COMMENT;
+						$this->token_length = $closer_at + $span_of_dashes + 1 - $this->token_starts_at;
 
 						// Only provide modifiable text if the token is long enough to contain it.
 						if ( $span_of_dashes >= 2 ) {