diff --git a/core/cli/autoloads.el b/core/cli/autoloads.el
index 33b0261eb..2a92ead24 100644
--- a/core/cli/autoloads.el
+++ b/core/cli/autoloads.el
@@ -226,8 +226,11 @@ one wants that.")
               ;; `load-file-name' is meaningless in a concatenated
               ;; mega-autoloads file, so we replace references to it with the
               ;; file they came from.
-              (unless (doom-point-in-string-or-comment-p)
-                (replace-match filestr t t)))))
+              (or (save-excursion
+                    (let ((ppss (syntax-ppss)))
+                      (or (nth 3 ppss)
+                          (nth 4 ppss))))
+                  (replace-match filestr t t)))))
         (let ((load-file-name file)
               (load-path
                (append (list doom-private-dir)