diff --git a/packages-tests/BetterPhpDocParser/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfoTest.php b/packages-tests/BetterPhpDocParser/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfoTest.php
index bc9ae250d1b..437ae978c30 100644
--- a/packages-tests/BetterPhpDocParser/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfoTest.php
+++ b/packages-tests/BetterPhpDocParser/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfo/PhpDocInfoTest.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ final class PhpDocInfoTest extends AbstractTestCase
         $this->assertStringEqualsFile(__DIR__ . '/Source/expected-replaced-tag.txt', $printedPhpDocInfo);
     }
 
-    public function testDoNotAddSpaseWhenAddEmptyString()
+    public function testDoNotAddSpaseWhenAddEmptyString(): void
     {
         $this->phpDocInfo->addPhpDocTagNode(new PhpDocTextNode(''));
         $this->phpDocInfo->addPhpDocTagNode(new PhpDocTextNode('Some text'));
diff --git a/rules/CodingStyle/Rector/Stmt/NewlineAfterStatementRector.php b/rules/CodingStyle/Rector/Stmt/NewlineAfterStatementRector.php
index 4d3b6438ef4..bac0859503d 100644
--- a/rules/CodingStyle/Rector/Stmt/NewlineAfterStatementRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodingStyle/Rector/Stmt/NewlineAfterStatementRector.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Rector\CodingStyle\Rector\Stmt;
 
+use PhpParser\Comment\Doc;
 use PhpParser\Node;
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt;
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Catch_;
@@ -134,11 +135,13 @@ CODE_SAMPLE
 
         if ($rangeLine > 1) {
             $comments = $nextNode->getAttribute(AttributeKey::COMMENTS);
-            if ($comments === null) {
+
+            if ($this->hasNoComment($comments)) {
                 return null;
             }
 
-            if (! isset($comments[0])) {
+            $phpDocInfo = $this->phpDocInfoFactory->createFromNodeOrEmpty($nextNode);
+            if ($phpDocInfo->hasChanged()) {
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -156,6 +159,18 @@ CODE_SAMPLE
         return $node;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param null|Doc[] $comments
+     */
+    private function hasNoComment(?array $comments): bool
+    {
+        if ($comments === null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return ! isset($comments[0]);
+    }
+
     private function shouldSkip(Node $nextNode): bool
     {
         return $nextNode instanceof Else_ || $nextNode instanceof ElseIf_ || $nextNode instanceof Catch_ || $nextNode instanceof Finally_;
diff --git a/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/Fixture/fixture.php.inc b/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/Fixture/fixture.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc077a05c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/Fixture/fixture.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Core\Tests\Issues\IssueVarConstantNewline\Fixture;
+
+class Fixture
+{
+    public const A = 'a';
+
+    public const B = 'b';
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const C = 'c';
+    public const D = 'd';
+    public const E = 'e';
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Core\Tests\Issues\IssueVarConstantNewline\Fixture;
+
+class Fixture
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const A = 'a';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const B = 'b';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const C = 'c';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const D = 'd';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const E = 'e';
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/IssueVarConstantNewlineTest.php b/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/IssueVarConstantNewlineTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d049eaf876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/IssueVarConstantNewlineTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Core\Tests\Issues\IssueVarConstantNewline;
+
+use Iterator;
+use Rector\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractRectorTestCase;
+use Symplify\SmartFileSystem\SmartFileInfo;
+
+final class IssueVarConstantNewlineTest extends AbstractRectorTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideData()
+     */
+    public function test(SmartFileInfo $fileInfo): void
+    {
+        $this->doTestFileInfo($fileInfo);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Iterator<SmartFileInfo>
+     */
+    public function provideData(): Iterator
+    {
+        return $this->yieldFilesFromDirectory(__DIR__ . '/Fixture');
+    }
+
+    public function provideConfigFilePath(): string
+    {
+        return __DIR__ . '/config/configured_rule.php';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/config/configured_rule.php b/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/config/configured_rule.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e4e521abf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Issues/IssueVarConstantNewline/config/configured_rule.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Rector\CodingStyle\Rector\ClassConst\VarConstantCommentRector;
+use Rector\CodingStyle\Rector\Stmt\NewlineAfterStatementRector;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator\ContainerConfigurator;
+
+return static function (ContainerConfigurator $containerConfigurator): void {
+    $services = $containerConfigurator->services();
+    $services->set(VarConstantCommentRector::class);
+    $services->set(NewlineAfterStatementRector::class);
+};