diff --git a/superset/sql_parse.py b/superset/sql_parse.py
index 34747e1fb..bb6f34123 100644
--- a/superset/sql_parse.py
+++ b/superset/sql_parse.py
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ class ParsedQuery:
         self._limit: Optional[int] = None
 
         logger.debug("Parsing with sqlparse statement: %s", self.sql)
-        self._parsed = sqlparse.parse(self.stripped())
+        self._parsed = sqlparse.parse(
+            sqlparse.format(self.stripped(), strip_comments=True)
+        )
+
         for statement in self._parsed:
             self._limit = _extract_limit_from_query(statement)
 
diff --git a/tests/sql_parse_tests.py b/tests/sql_parse_tests.py
index d0ee5d18c..d85271d50 100644
--- a/tests/sql_parse_tests.py
+++ b/tests/sql_parse_tests.py
@@ -535,6 +535,17 @@ class SupersetTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         expected = ["SELECT * FROM birth_names", "SELECT * FROM birth_names LIMIT 1"]
         self.assertEqual(statements, expected)
 
+    def test_comment_breakdown_statements(self):
+        multi_sql = """
+        SELECT * FROM birth_names;
+        -- some comment
+        """
+        parsed = sql_parse.ParsedQuery(multi_sql)
+        statements = parsed.get_statements()
+        self.assertEqual(len(statements), 1)
+        expected = ["SELECT * FROM birth_names"]
+        self.assertEqual(statements, expected)
+
     def test_messy_breakdown_statements(self):
         multi_sql = """
         SELECT 1;\t\n\n\n  \t