diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-idl.c b/src/shared/varlink-idl.c
index 7e24ff7cc0..78d719a496 100644
--- a/src/shared/varlink-idl.c
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-idl.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int varlink_idl_format_comment(
         }
 
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **l = NULL;
-        r = strv_split_full(&l, text, NEWLINE, 0);
+        r = strv_split_full(&l, text, NEWLINE, EXTRACT_RELAX);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to split comment string: %m");
 
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-varlink-idl/oss-fuzz-69730 b/test/fuzz/fuzz-varlink-idl/oss-fuzz-69730
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..395638a794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fuzz/fuzz-varlink-idl/oss-fuzz-69730
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#\
+interface.
\ No newline at end of file