diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/cpp/pr98882.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/cpp/pr98882.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e831df09d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/cpp/pr98882.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* PR preprocessor/98882 */
+/* { dg-do preprocess } */
+/* { dg-options "-fdirectives-only" } */
+
+/* Last line does not end with a newline.  */
+    /*Here*/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libcpp/lex.c b/libcpp/lex.c
index 6af140459ad..06bcc31c87e 100644
--- a/libcpp/lex.c
+++ b/libcpp/lex.c
@@ -4318,9 +4318,9 @@ cpp_directive_only_process (cpp_reader *pfile,
       buffer->cur_note = buffer->notes_used = 0;
       buffer->cur = buffer->line_base = buffer->next_line;
       buffer->need_line = false;
-      /* Files always end in a newline.  We rely on this for
+      /* Files always end in a newline or carriage return.  We rely on this for
 	 character peeking safety.  */
-      gcc_assert (buffer->rlimit[-1] == '\n');
+      gcc_assert (buffer->rlimit[0] == '\n' || buffer->rlimit[0] == '\r');
 
       const unsigned char *base = buffer->cur;
       unsigned line_count = 0;