diff --git a/spacy/ml/models/coref_util.py b/spacy/ml/models/coref_util.py
index 7c7751022..88997f5e3 100644
--- a/spacy/ml/models/coref_util.py
+++ b/spacy/ml/models/coref_util.py
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ def get_candidate_mentions(
         si = sentence_map[tok.i]  # sentence index
         for ii in range(1, max_span_width):
             ei = tok.i + ii  # end index
+
             # Note: this matches slice syntax, so the token index is one less
             if ei > len(doc) or sentence_map[ei - 1] != si:
-                continue
+                break
 
             begins.append(tok.i)
             ends.append(ei)