diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,13 @@
             Changes[i].Tok->Previous->is(TT_ConditionalExpr))
           return true;
 
+        // Continued braced list.
+        if (ScopeStart > Start + 1 &&
+            Changes[ScopeStart - 2].Tok->isNot(tok::identifier) &&
+            Changes[ScopeStart - 1].Tok->is(tok::l_brace) &&
+            Changes[i].Tok->isNot(tok::r_brace))
+          return true;
+
         return false;
       };
 
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
--- a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
@@ -16427,6 +16427,11 @@
                "  double        bar();\n"
                "};\n",
                Alignment);
+  // http://llvm.org/PR52914
+  verifyFormat("char *a[]     = {\"a\", // comment\n"
+               "                 \"bb\"};\n"
+               "int   bbbbbbb = 0;",
+               Alignment);
 
   // PAS_Right
   EXPECT_EQ("void SomeFunction(int parameter = 0) {\n"