diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
index 997f86279d918..4dde785e86420 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ private function autoPrependText(): void
     {
         $fetched = $this->bufferedOutput->fetch();
         // Prepend new line if last char isn't EOL:
-        if (!str_ends_with($fetched, "\n")) {
+        if ($fetched && !str_ends_with($fetched, "\n")) {
             $this->newLine();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_23.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_23.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ab32dcaf3e7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_23.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
+
+// ensure that nested tags have no effect on the color of the '//' prefix
+return function (InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+    $output = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
+    $output->text('Hello');
+};
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_23.txt b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_23.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..63105f17b862b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_23.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ Hello
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_6.txt b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_6.txt
index 5f2d33c148a9e..7f1d478a325f7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_6.txt
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_6.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
  * Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  * consectetur adipiscing elit