diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php
index b88224d402..255de185e1 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
         $tokens = $phpcsFile->getTokens();
 
-        $prev = $phpcsFile->findPrevious(array(T_SEMICOLON, T_OPEN_TAG), ($stackPtr - 1));
-        if ($prev === false || $tokens[$prev]['code'] === T_OPEN_TAG) {
+        $prev = $phpcsFile->findPrevious(array(T_SEMICOLON, T_OPEN_TAG, T_OPEN_TAG_WITH_ECHO), ($stackPtr - 1));
+        if ($prev === false || in_array($tokens[$prev]['code'], [T_OPEN_TAG, T_OPEN_TAG_WITH_ECHO], true) === true) {
             $phpcsFile->recordMetric($stackPtr, 'Multiple statements on same line', 'no');
             return;
         }