diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index 129c102909b..41634f80724 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -1056,13 +1056,13 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
         return stat;
     }
 
-    function has_modifier(name) {
+    function has_modifier(name, no_nlb) {
         if (!is("name", name)) return;
         var token = peek();
         if (!token) return;
         if (is_token(token, "operator", "=")) return;
         if (token.type == "punc" && /^[(;}]$/.test(token.value)) return;
-        if (has_newline_before(token)) return;
+        if (no_nlb && has_newline_before(token)) return;
         return next();
     }
 
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
             }
             var start = S.token;
             var fixed = !!has_modifier("static");
-            var async = has_modifier("async");
+            var async = has_modifier("async", true);
             if (is("operator", "*")) {
                 next();
                 var internal = is("name") && /^#/.test(S.token.value);
diff --git a/test/compress/classes.js b/test/compress/classes.js
index cc4d0327754..fe49b56c10f 100644
--- a/test/compress/classes.js
+++ b/test/compress/classes.js
@@ -241,6 +241,94 @@ class_super: {
     node_version: ">=4"
 }
 
+static_newline_1: {
+    input: {
+        class A {
+            static
+            P
+        }
+        console.log("P" in A, "static" in A);
+        console.log("P" in new A(), "static" in new A());
+    }
+    expect_exact: 'class A{static P}console.log("P"in A,"static"in A);console.log("P"in new A,"static"in new A);'
+    expect_stdout: [
+        "true false",
+        "false false",
+    ]
+    node_version: ">=12"
+}
+
+static_newline_2: {
+    input: {
+        class A {
+            static
+            static
+            P
+        }
+        console.log("P" in A, "static" in A);
+        console.log("P" in new A(), "static" in new A());
+    }
+    expect_exact: 'class A{static static;P}console.log("P"in A,"static"in A);console.log("P"in new A,"static"in new A);'
+    expect_stdout: [
+        "false true",
+        "true false",
+    ]
+    node_version: ">=12"
+}
+
+static_newline_3: {
+    input: {
+        class A {
+            static
+            static
+            static
+            P
+        }
+        console.log("P" in A, "static" in A);
+        console.log("P" in new A(), "static" in new A());
+    }
+    expect_exact: 'class A{static static;static P}console.log("P"in A,"static"in A);console.log("P"in new A,"static"in new A);'
+    expect_stdout: [
+        "true true",
+        "false false",
+    ]
+    node_version: ">=12"
+}
+
+static_newline_4: {
+    input: {
+        class A {
+            static
+            static
+            static
+            static
+            P
+        }
+        console.log("P" in A, "static" in A);
+        console.log("P" in new A(), "static" in new A());
+    }
+    expect_exact: 'class A{static static;static static;P}console.log("P"in A,"static"in A);console.log("P"in new A,"static"in new A);'
+    expect_stdout: [
+        "false true",
+        "true false",
+    ]
+    node_version: ">=12"
+}
+
+static_newline_init: {
+    input: {
+        class A {
+            static
+            {
+                console.log("PASS");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    expect_exact: 'class A{static{console.log("PASS")}}'
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+    node_version: ">=16"
+}
+
 static_init: {
     input: {
         var a = "foo";