diff --git a/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js b/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js
index 42e7bca3c4c5..fce0789a2e45 100644
--- a/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js
+++ b/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ class SourceMap {
       }
 
       columnNumber += decodeVLQ(stringCharIterator);
-      if (isSeparator(stringCharIterator.peek())) {
+      if (!stringCharIterator.hasNext() ||
+          isSeparator(stringCharIterator.peek())) {
         ArrayPrototypePush(this.#mappings, [lineNumber, columnNumber]);
         continue;
       }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-source-map-trailing-unmapped-segment.js b/test/parallel/test-source-map-trailing-unmapped-segment.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..847a27d93113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-source-map-trailing-unmapped-segment.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { SourceMap } = require('node:module');
+
+// A segment with only a generated column marks the code after it as unmapped.
+// When it is the last segment of the mappings, it must not inherit the
+// original position of the segment before it.
+const unmapped = {
+  originalSource: undefined,
+  originalLine: undefined,
+  originalColumn: undefined,
+  name: undefined,
+};
+
+// Trailing unmapped segment on the same line as the last mapped segment.
+{
+  const sm = new SourceMap({
+    version: 3,
+    sources: ['a.js'],
+    names: [],
+    mappings: 'AAAA,K',
+  });
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(sm.findEntry(0, 5), {
+    generatedLine: 0,
+    generatedColumn: 5,
+    ...unmapped,
+  });
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(sm.findOrigin(1, 6), {});
+}
+
+// Trailing unmapped segment on a later line.
+{
+  const sm = new SourceMap({
+    version: 3,
+    sources: ['a.js'],
+    names: [],
+    mappings: 'AAAA;A',
+  });
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(sm.findEntry(1, 3), {
+    generatedLine: 1,
+    generatedColumn: 0,
+    ...unmapped,
+  });
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(sm.findOrigin(2, 4), {});
+}