diff --git a/src/rules/newline-after-import.js b/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
index bbfe87f5f2..5e042eb810 100644
--- a/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
+++ b/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ module.exports = {
   create(context) {
     let level = 0;
     const requireCalls = [];
+    let options = setOptions(context);
+
+    function setOptions(context) {
+      if (context.options[0]) {
+        if ('count' in context.options[0] && 'considerComments' in context.options[0] ) {
+          return context.options[0]
+        } else if ( 'count' in context.options[0] ) {
+          return Object.assign({}, context.options[0], { considerComments: false });
+        } else {
+          return Object.assign({}, context.options[0], { count: 1 });
+        }
+      } 
+      return options = { count: 1, considerComments: false };
+    }
 
     function checkForNewLine(node, nextNode, type) {
       if (isExportDefaultClass(nextNode) || isExportNameClass(nextNode)) {
@@ -88,7 +102,6 @@ module.exports = {
         nextNode = nextNode.decorators[0];
       }
 
-      const options = context.options[0] && 'count' in context.options[0]? context.options[0] : { count: 1 };
       const lineDifference = getLineDifference(node, nextNode);
       const EXPECTED_LINE_DIFFERENCE = options.count + 1;
 
@@ -115,7 +128,6 @@ after ${type} statement not followed by another ${type}.`,
     }
 
     function commentAfterImport(node, nextComment) {
-      const options = context.options[0] && 'count' in context.options[0] ? context.options[0] : { count: 1 };
       const lineDifference = getLineDifference(node, nextComment);
       const EXPECTED_LINE_DIFFERENCE = options.count + 1;
 
@@ -149,7 +161,6 @@ after import statement not followed by another import.`,
     }
 
     function checkImport(node) {
-      const options = context.options[0] && 'considerComments' in context.options[0] ? context.options[0] : { considerComments: false };
       const { parent } = node;
       const nodePosition = parent.body.indexOf(node);
       const nextNode = parent.body[nodePosition + 1];
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/newline-after-import.js b/tests/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
index 5fd82d500d..9eb5677bda 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ ruleTester.run('newline-after-import', require('rules/newline-after-import'), {
             , y = () => require('bar')`,
       parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 } ,
     },
+    {
+      code: `
+        const x = () => require('baz')
+            , y = () => require('bar')
+            
+        // some comment here
+      `,
+      parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 } ,
+      options: [{ considerComments: true }],
+    },
     {
       code: `const x = () => require('baz') && require('bar')`,
       parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 } ,