diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistInlineHTMLXHPASTLinterRule.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistInlineHTMLXHPASTLinterRule.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistInlineHTMLXHPASTLinterRule.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistInlineHTMLXHPASTLinterRule.php
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@
         continue;
       }
 
+      if (preg_match('/^\s*$/', $html->getValue())) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       $this->raiseLintAtToken(
         $html,
         pht('PHP files must only contain PHP code.'));
+      break;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/embedded-tags.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/embedded-tags.lint-test
--- a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/embedded-tags.lint-test
+++ b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/embedded-tags.lint-test
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 This shouldn't fatal the parser.
 ~~~~~~~~~~
+disabled:2:1
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/php-tags-bad.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/php-tags-bad.lint-test
--- a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/php-tags-bad.lint-test
+++ b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/php-tags-bad.lint-test
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 ?>
 ~~~~~~~~~~
+disabled:1:1
 error:1:1
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 garbage garbage