diff --git a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/byte_handlers.rs b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/byte_handlers.rs
index 1a182943e..1e9a420b6 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/byte_handlers.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/byte_handlers.rs
@@ -417,8 +417,7 @@ ascii_byte_handler!(QST(lexer) {
         match next_2_bytes[0] {
             b'?' => {
                 if next_2_bytes[1] == b'=' {
-                    lexer.consume_char();
-                    lexer.consume_char();
+                    lexer.consume_2_chars();
                     Kind::Question2Eq
                 } else {
                     lexer.consume_char();
diff --git a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs
index eecad34c8..307f7287c 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,18 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
         self.source.next_char().unwrap()
     }
 
+    /// Consume the current char and the next if not at EOF
+    #[inline]
+    fn next_2_chars(&mut self) -> Option<[char; 2]> {
+        self.source.next_2_chars()
+    }
+
+    /// Consume the current char and the next
+    #[inline]
+    fn consume_2_chars(&mut self) -> [char; 2] {
+        self.next_2_chars().unwrap()
+    }
+
     /// Peek the next byte without advancing the position
     #[inline]
     fn peek_byte(&self) -> Option<u8> {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/punctuation.rs b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/punctuation.rs
index 803071394..f49364c80 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/punctuation.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/punctuation.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
     /// Section 12.8 Punctuators
     pub(super) fn read_dot(&mut self) -> Kind {
         if self.peek_2_bytes() == Some([b'.', b'.']) {
-            self.consume_char();
-            self.consume_char();
+            self.consume_2_chars();
             return Kind::Dot3;
         }
         if self.peek_byte().is_some_and(|b| b.is_ascii_digit()) {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/source.rs b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/source.rs
index 3531b39b1..4a5b6a256 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/source.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/source.rs
@@ -374,6 +374,36 @@ impl<'a> Source<'a> {
         Some(c)
     }
 
+    /// Get next 2 chars of source, and advance position to after them.
+    #[inline]
+    pub(super) fn next_2_chars(&mut self) -> Option<[char; 2]> {
+        // Check not at EOF and handle if 2 x ASCII bytes
+        let [byte1, byte2] = self.peek_2_bytes()?;
+        if byte1.is_ascii() && byte2.is_ascii() {
+            // SAFETY: We just checked that there are at least 2 bytes remaining,
+            // and next 2 bytes are ASCII, so advancing by 2 bytes must put `ptr`
+            // in bounds and on a UTF-8 character boundary
+            unsafe { self.ptr = self.ptr.add(2) };
+            return Some([byte1 as char, byte2 as char]);
+        }
+
+        // Multi-byte Unicode character.
+        // Check invariant that `ptr` is on a UTF-8 character boundary.
+        debug_assert!(!is_utf8_cont_byte(byte1));
+
+        // Create a `Chars` iterator, get next 2 chars from it, and then update `self.ptr`
+        // to match `Chars` iterator's updated pointer afterwards.
+        // `Chars` iterator upholds same invariants as `Source`, so its pointer is guaranteed
+        // to be valid as `self.ptr`.
+        let mut chars = self.remaining().chars();
+        // SAFETY: We know that there's 2 bytes to be consumed, so first call to
+        // `chars.next()` must return `Some(_)`
+        let c1 = unsafe { chars.next().unwrap_unchecked() };
+        let c2 = chars.next()?;
+        self.ptr = chars.as_str().as_ptr();
+        Some([c1, c2])
+    }
+
     /// Get next byte of source, and advance position to after it.
     ///
     /// # SAFETY
diff --git a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/unicode.rs b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/unicode.rs
index 752318b2e..a52cb3d41 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/unicode.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_parser/src/lexer/unicode.rs
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
             return Some(SurrogatePair::CodePoint(high));
         }
 
-        self.consume_char();
-        self.consume_char();
+        self.consume_2_chars();
 
         let low = self.hex_4_digits()?;