diff --git a/src/services/jsDoc.ts b/src/services/jsDoc.ts
index 2e2bc61136a3f..fd9fb932e21ec 100644
--- a/src/services/jsDoc.ts
+++ b/src/services/jsDoc.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ namespace ts.JsDoc {
         }
 
         const { commentOwner, parameters, hasReturn } = commentOwnerInfo;
-        if (commentOwner.getStart(sourceFile) < position) {
+        const commentOwnerJSDoc = hasJSDocNodes(commentOwner) && commentOwner.jsDoc ? lastOrUndefined(commentOwner.jsDoc) : undefined;
+        if (commentOwner.getStart(sourceFile) < position || commentOwnerJSDoc && commentOwnerJSDoc !== existingDocComment) {
             return undefined;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/docCommentTemplateWithExistingJSDoc.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/docCommentTemplateWithExistingJSDoc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a2dedc929ff05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/docCommentTemplateWithExistingJSDoc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+/////** /**/ */
+////
+/////**
+//// * @param {string} a
+//// * @param {string} b
+//// */
+////function foo(a, b) {
+////    return a + b;
+////}
+
+verify.noDocCommentTemplateAt("");