diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9874a2473..b455bba18 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ function attachComments(text, ast, opts) {
 }
 
 function ensureAllCommentsPrinted(astComments) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < astComments.length; ++i) {
+    if (astComments[i].value.trim() === "prettier-ignore") {
+      // If there's a prettier-ignore, we're not printing that sub-tree so we
+      // don't know if the comments was printed or not.
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   astComments.forEach(comment => {
     if (!comment.printed) {
       throw new Error(
diff --git a/src/printer.js b/src/printer.js
index 9199efe36..991c1862b 100644
--- a/src/printer.js
+++ b/src/printer.js
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ function genericPrint(path, options, printPath, args) {
   assert.ok(path instanceof FastPath);
 
   var node = path.getValue();
+
+  // Escape hatch
+  if (
+    node &&
+    node.comments &&
+    node.comments.length > 0 &&
+    node.comments.some(comment => comment.value.trim() === "prettier-ignore")
+  ) {
+    return options.originalText.slice(util.locStart(node), util.locEnd(node));
+  }
+
   var parts = [];
   var needsParens = false;
   var linesWithoutParens = genericPrintNoParens(path, options, printPath, args);
@@ -61,15 +72,6 @@ function genericPrint(path, options, printPath, args) {
     return linesWithoutParens;
   }
 
-  // Escape hatch
-  if (
-    node.comments &&
-    node.comments.length > 0 &&
-    node.comments.some(comment => comment.value.trim() === "prettier-ignore")
-  ) {
-    return options.originalText.slice(util.locStart(node), util.locEnd(node));
-  }
-
   if (
     node.decorators &&
     node.decorators.length > 0 &&