diff --git a/src/source_spellcheck.cc b/src/source_spellcheck.cc
index a6ba920..18c648d 100644
--- a/src/source_spellcheck.cc
+++ b/src/source_spellcheck.cc
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void Source::SpellCheckView::spellcheck() {
     }
   }
   else {
-    bool spell_check = is_spellcheck_iter(iter);
+    bool spell_check = get_source_buffer()->iter_has_context_class(iter, "string") || get_source_buffer()->iter_has_context_class(iter, "comment");
     if(spell_check)
       begin_spellcheck_iter = iter;
     while(iter != get_buffer()->end()) {