diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
index 7a9a25a730..00510f6962 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ object RedundantBraces extends Rewrite {
       case _ => false
     }
 
-  def canRewriteWithParens(b: Term.Block): Boolean = {
+  def canRewriteWithParens(b: Term.Block): Boolean =
     getBlockSingleStat(b).exists {
-      case f: Term.Function => RedundantBraces.canRewriteWithParens(f)
+      case f: Term.Function => canRewriteWithParens(f)
       case _: Term.Assign => false // disallowed in 2.13
+      case _: Defn => false
       case _ => true
     }
-  }
 
   /* guard for statements requiring a wrapper block
    * "foo { x => y; z }" can't become "foo(x => y; z)" */
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ object RedundantBraces extends Rewrite {
   def canRewriteWithParens(f: Term.Function, nested: Boolean = false): Boolean =
     !needParensAroundParams(f) && (getTermSingleStat(f.body) match {
       case Some(t: Term.Function) => canRewriteWithParens(t, true)
+      case Some(_: Defn) => false
       case x => nested || x.isDefined
     })
 
diff --git a/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces-ParenLambdas.stat b/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces-ParenLambdas.stat
index 5ba804e6d9..5246271bd2 100644
--- a/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces-ParenLambdas.stat
+++ b/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces-ParenLambdas.stat
@@ -192,9 +192,8 @@ object a {
   }
 }
 >>>
-test does not parse
 object a {
-  childContext.onDone(_ => val _ = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)))
+  childContext.onDone { _ => val _ = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)) }
 }
 <<< #1756 def within lambda
 object a {
@@ -203,9 +202,8 @@ object a {
   }
 }
 >>>
-test does not parse
 object a {
-  childContext.onDone(_ => def a = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)))
+  childContext.onDone { _ => def a = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)) }
 }
 <<< #1756 type within lambda
 object a {
@@ -214,34 +212,30 @@ object a {
   }
 }
 >>>
-test does not parse
 object a {
-  childContext.onDone(_ => type a = Int)
+  childContext.onDone { _ => type a = Int }
 }
 <<< #1756 val without lambda
 object a {
   childContext.onDone { val _ = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)) }
 }
 >>>
-test does not parse
 object a {
-  childContext.onDone(val _ = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)))
+  childContext.onDone { val _ = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)) }
 }
 <<< #1756 def without lambda
 object a {
   childContext.onDone { def a = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)) }
 }
 >>>
-test does not parse
 object a {
-  childContext.onDone(def a = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)))
+  childContext.onDone { def a = self.withChildren(_.remove(childContext)) }
 }
 <<< #1756 type without lambda
 object a {
   childContext.onDone { type a = Int }
 }
 >>>
-test does not parse
 object a {
-  childContext.onDone(type a = Int)
+  childContext.onDone { type a = Int }
 }