diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatOps.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatOps.scala
index a8d9eed3b4..b56d4d4a57 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatOps.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatOps.scala
@@ -337,11 +337,14 @@ class FormatOps(
       term: Term.If,
   ): Option[(FormatToken, Option[T.KwElse])] = getHeadOpt(term.elsep)
     .map { ftElsep =>
-      val beforeElsep = prevNonCommentBefore(ftElsep)
-      val elsOpt = beforeElsep.left match {
-        case els: T.KwElse
-            if initStyle.newlines.alwaysBeforeElseAfterCurlyIf ||
-              !prev(beforeElsep).left.is[T.RightBrace] => Some(els)
+      val elsOpt = prevNonCommentBefore(ftElsep) match {
+        case ft @ FormatToken(els: T.KwElse, _, _) =>
+          val ok = initStyle.newlines.alwaysBeforeElseAfterCurlyIf || ! {
+            val pft = prev(ft)
+            pft.leftOwner.is[Term.Block] && pft.left.is[T.RightBrace] &&
+            !prevNonCommentSameLineBefore(pft).left.is[T.LeftBrace]
+          }
+          if (ok) Some(els) else None
         case _ => None
       }
       (ftElsep, elsOpt)
diff --git a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/default/String.stat b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/default/String.stat
index e7673a52dd..6778df7923 100644
--- a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/default/String.stat
+++ b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/default/String.stat
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ object a {
 object a {
   def b = {
     try {
-      if (false) {} else {
+      if (false) {}
+      else {
         info("Uber JAR disabled, but current working directory does not look " +
           s"like an engine project directory. Please delete lib/${core.getName} manually.")
       }
diff --git a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces2.stat b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces2.stat
index 1ced40bd54..2bb9a0076e 100644
--- a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces2.stat
+++ b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces2.stat
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ object a {
   if (
     template.isEmpty || hasModifiers || definition
       .exists(it => it.contains(CASE) && !it.contains(OBJECT))
-  ) {} else {
+  ) {}
+  else {
     if (
       sb.length >= 2 && sb.substring(
         sb.length - 2,
@@ -317,7 +318,8 @@ object a {
   if (
     template.isEmpty || hasModifiers || definition
       .exists(it => it.contains(CASE) && !it.contains(OBJECT))
-  ) {} else if (
+  ) {}
+  else if (
     sb.length >= 2 && sb.substring(
       sb.length - 2,
       sb.length()
diff --git a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/scala/org/scalafmt/FormatTests.scala b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/scala/org/scalafmt/FormatTests.scala
index 02bff7815e..48639c4a89 100644
--- a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/scala/org/scalafmt/FormatTests.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/scala/org/scalafmt/FormatTests.scala
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class FormatTests extends FunSuite with CanRunTests with FormatAssertions {
     val explored = Debug.explored.get()
     logger.debug(s"Total explored: $explored")
     if (!onlyUnit && !onlyManual)
-      assertEquals(explored, 1484614, "total explored")
+      assertEquals(explored, 1484618, "total explored")
     val results = debugResults.result()
     // TODO(olafur) don't block printing out test results.
     // I don't want to deal with scalaz's Tasks :'(