diff --git a/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/comments/placement.rs b/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/comments/placement.rs
index 28397b6dcf..76449285be 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/comments/placement.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/comments/placement.rs
@@ -871,7 +871,20 @@ fn handle_parameter_comment<'a>(
             CommentPlacement::Default(comment)
         }
     } else if comment.start() < parameter.name.start() {
-        CommentPlacement::leading(parameter, comment)
+        // For lambdas, where the parameters cannot be parenthesized and the first parameter thus
+        // starts at the same position as the parent parameters, mark a comment before the first
+        // parameter as leading on the parameters rather than the individual parameter to prevent
+        // the whole parameter list from breaking.
+        //
+        // Note that this check is not needed above because lambda parameters cannot have
+        // annotations.
+        if let Some(AnyNodeRef::Parameters(parameters)) = comment.enclosing_parent()
+            && parameters.start() == parameter.start()
+        {
+            CommentPlacement::leading(parameters, comment)
+        } else {
+            CommentPlacement::leading(parameter, comment)
+        }
     } else {
         CommentPlacement::Default(comment)
     }
@@ -1835,10 +1848,8 @@ fn handle_lambda_comment<'a>(
         // )
         // ```
         if comment.start() < parameters.start() {
-            return if let Some(first) = parameters.iter().next()
-                && comment.line_position().is_own_line()
-            {
-                CommentPlacement::leading(first.as_parameter(), comment)
+            return if comment.line_position().is_own_line() {
+                CommentPlacement::leading(parameters, comment)
             } else {
                 CommentPlacement::dangling(comment.enclosing_node(), comment)
             };
diff --git a/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/expression/expr_lambda.rs b/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/expression/expr_lambda.rs
index 883ef3fdc5..cb32e79501 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/expression/expr_lambda.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/expression/expr_lambda.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ impl FormatNodeRule<ExprLambda> for FormatExprLambda {
                 .split_at(dangling.partition_point(|comment| comment.end() < parameters.start()));
 
             if dangling_before_parameters.is_empty() {
-                // If the first parameter has a leading comment, insert a hard line break. This
-                // comment is associated as a leading comment on the first parameter:
+                // If the parameters have a leading comment, insert a hard line break. This
+                // comment is associated as a leading comment on the parameters:
                 //
                 // ```py
                 // (
@@ -96,11 +96,7 @@ impl FormatNodeRule<ExprLambda> for FormatExprLambda {
                 //     *x: x
                 // )
                 // ```
-                if parameters
-                    .iter()
-                    .next()
-                    .is_some_and(|parameter| comments.has_leading(parameter.as_parameter()))
-                {
+                if comments.has_leading(&**parameters) {
                     hard_line_break().fmt(f)?;
                 } else {
                     write!(f, [space()])?;
diff --git a/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/other/parameters.rs b/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/other/parameters.rs
index 2e12f48456..1c6682bab1 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/other/parameters.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_python_formatter/src/other/parameters.rs
@@ -241,32 +241,6 @@ impl FormatNodeRule<Parameters> for FormatParameters {
         let num_parameters = item.len();
 
         if self.parentheses == ParametersParentheses::Never {
-            // In a lambda, format any leading comments on the first parameter outside of the
-            // parameters group so that the parameters don't break. For example, format this input:
-            //
-            // ```py
-            // (
-            //     lambda
-            //     * # this becomes a leading comment on *x
-            //     x, **y:
-            //     x
-            // )
-            // ```
-            //
-            // as:
-            //
-            // ```py
-            // (
-            //     lambda
-            //     # this becomes a leading comment on *x
-            //     *x, **y: x
-            // )
-            // ```
-            if let Some(first) = item.iter().next()
-                && comments.has_leading(first.as_parameter())
-            {
-                leading_node_comments(first.as_parameter()).fmt(f)?;
-            }
             write!(f, [group(&format_inner), dangling_comments(dangling)])
         } else if num_parameters == 0 {
             let mut f = WithNodeLevel::new(NodeLevel::ParenthesizedExpression, f);