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diff --git a/sphinx/pycode/ast.py b/sphinx/pycode/ast.py
index d131ff4c1..65534f958 100644
--- a/sphinx/pycode/ast.py
+++ b/sphinx/pycode/ast.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ def parse(code: str, mode: str = 'exec') -> "ast.AST":
try:
# type_comments parameter is available on py38+
return ast.parse(code, mode=mode, type_comments=True) # type: ignore
+ except SyntaxError:
+ # Some syntax error found. To ignore invalid type comments, retry parsing without
+ # type_comments parameter (refs: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/8652).
+ return ast.parse(code, mode=mode)
except TypeError:
# fallback to ast module.
# typed_ast is used to parse type_comments if installed.