diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b013d1..37ea2f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ The format of this change log follows the advice given at [Keep a CHANGELOG](htt
 - The `moodle.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName` sniff will now ignore errors on methods employing the `#[\Override]` attribute.
 - The `moodle.Commenting.MissingDocblock` sniff no longer warns about missing docs on non-global anonymous classes, for example those written as an instance class in a unit test.
 
+### Fixed
+- Fixed an edge case leading to the file phpdoc block being incorrectly detected by various sniffs.
+
 ## [v3.4.9] - 2024-06-19
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed a recent regression by allowing to the `moodle.Files.BoilerplateComment` sniff to contain "extra" consecutive comment lines immediately after the official boilerplate ends.
diff --git a/moodle/Tests/Util/DocblocksTest.php b/moodle/Tests/Util/DocblocksTest.php
index b0362ad..5bcc586 100644
--- a/moodle/Tests/Util/DocblocksTest.php
+++ b/moodle/Tests/Util/DocblocksTest.php
@@ -33,11 +33,21 @@
  */
 class DocblocksTest extends MoodleCSBaseTestCase
 {
-    public function testgetDocBlockPointer(): void {
+    public static function getNullDocBlockPointerProvider(): array {
+        return [
+            'global_scope_code' => ['none_global_scope.php'],
+            'oop_scope_code' => ['none.php'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getNullDocBlockPointerProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetNullDocBlockPointer(string $fixture): void {
         $phpcsConfig = new Config();
         $phpcsRuleset = new Ruleset($phpcsConfig);
         $phpcsFile = new \PHP_CodeSniffer\Files\LocalFile(
-            __DIR__ . '/fixtures/docblocks/none.php',
+            __DIR__ . '/fixtures/docblocks/' . $fixture,
             $phpcsRuleset,
             $phpcsConfig
         );
diff --git a/moodle/Tests/Util/fixtures/docblocks/none.php b/moodle/Tests/Util/fixtures/docblocks/none.php
index 3b6c583..ab8313a 100644
--- a/moodle/Tests/Util/fixtures/docblocks/none.php
+++ b/moodle/Tests/Util/fixtures/docblocks/none.php
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 namespace MoodleHQ\MoodleCS\moodle\Tests;
 
 class example {
+    public function get_something() {
+        /** @var int $variable */
+        $variable = 1;
+        return $variable;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/moodle/Tests/Util/fixtures/docblocks/none_global_scope.php b/moodle/Tests/Util/fixtures/docblocks/none_global_scope.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98f557d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moodle/Tests/Util/fixtures/docblocks/none_global_scope.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+// Just an extreme case, that makes no sense within Moodle, but it's a valid PHP file.
+$variable = 1;
diff --git a/moodle/Util/Docblocks.php b/moodle/Util/Docblocks.php
index 6b86cb7..a67b5d2 100644
--- a/moodle/Util/Docblocks.php
+++ b/moodle/Util/Docblocks.php
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ protected static function getDocTagFromOpenTag(
         ];
 
         while ($stackPtr = $phpcsFile->findNext($ignore, ($stackPtr + 1), null, true)) {
+            // If we have arrived to a stop token, and haven't found the file docblock yet, then there isn't one.
+            if (in_array($tokens[$stackPtr]['code'], $stopAtTypes)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             if ($tokens[$stackPtr]['code'] === T_NAMESPACE || $tokens[$stackPtr]['code'] === T_USE) {
                 $stackPtr = $phpcsFile->findNext(T_SEMICOLON, $stackPtr + 1);
                 continue;