diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java
index 1c3bf1be1dc..637cc029c5f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2Tests.java
@@ -5780,6 +5780,40 @@ public class AST2Tests extends AST2BaseTest {
 		assertEquals(image.length(), token.getLength());		
 	}
 	
+	//	void test() {
+	//	   int x,y;
+	//	   x
+	//     << 
+	//     y;
+	// }
+	public void testSyntaxWithNL_Bug280175() throws Exception {
+		String code= getAboveComment();
+		int offsetX= code.indexOf('x', code.indexOf('x')+1);
+		int offsetShift= code.indexOf('<');
+		int offsetY= code.indexOf('y', offsetX);
+		
+		IASTTranslationUnit tu= parseAndCheckBindings(code);
+		IASTFunctionDefinition f= getDeclaration(tu, 0);
+		IASTExpressionStatement i = getStatement(f, 1);
+		final IASTBinaryExpression expr = (IASTBinaryExpression) i.getExpression();
+		IASTExpression x= expr.getOperand1();
+		IASTExpression y= expr.getOperand2();
+		
+		IToken syntax= x.getTrailingSyntax();
+		checkToken(syntax, "<<", offsetShift-offsetX-1); syntax= syntax.getNext();
+		assertNull(syntax);
+
+		syntax= y.getLeadingSyntax();
+		checkToken(syntax, "<<", offsetShift - offsetY); syntax= syntax.getNext();
+		assertNull(syntax);
+
+		syntax= expr.getSyntax();
+		checkToken(syntax, "x", 0); syntax= syntax.getNext();
+		checkToken(syntax, "<<", offsetShift-offsetX); syntax= syntax.getNext();
+		checkToken(syntax, "y", offsetY-offsetX); syntax= syntax.getNext();
+		assertNull(syntax);
+	}
+
 	// int a= 1+2-3*4+10/2; // -4
 	// int b= a+4;
 	// int* c= &b;
@@ -6357,5 +6391,5 @@ public class AST2Tests extends AST2BaseTest {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
+	
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ASTNode.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ASTNode.java
index 0117daefe1f..e3e32bb477e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ASTNode.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ASTNode.java
@@ -319,23 +319,28 @@ public abstract class ASTNode implements IASTNode {
     	char[] txt= lr.getUnpreprocessedSignature(total);
     	Lexer lex= new Lexer(txt, (LexerOptions) tu.getAdapter(LexerOptions.class), ILexerLog.NULL, null);
     	try {
-			Token result= lex.nextToken();
-			if (result.getType() == IToken.tEND_OF_INPUT)
-				return null;
-			
-			Token last= result;
-			for(;;) {
-				int offset= last.getOffset() + adjustment;
-				int endOffset= last.getEndOffset() + adjustment;
-				last.setOffset(offset, endOffset);
-				
+			Token result= null;	
+			Token last= null;
+			for(;;) {				
 				Token t= lex.nextToken();
-				if (t.getType() == IToken.tEND_OF_INPUT)
+				switch (t.getType()) {
+				case IToken.tEND_OF_INPUT:
+					return result;
+				case Lexer.tNEWLINE:
 					break;
-				last.setNext(t);
-				last= t;
+				default:
+					int offset= t.getOffset() + adjustment;
+					int endOffset= t.getEndOffset() + adjustment;
+					t.setOffset(offset, endOffset);
+					if (last == null) {
+						result= last= t;
+					} else {
+						last.setNext(t);
+						last= t;
+					}
+					break;
+				}
 			}
-			return result;
 		} catch (OffsetLimitReachedException e) {
 			// does not happen without using content assist limit
 		}