diff --git a/src/Files/File.php b/src/Files/File.php
index eb56ef64b4..67dc75f540 100644
--- a/src/Files/File.php
+++ b/src/Files/File.php
@@ -1463,6 +1463,7 @@ public function getMethodParameters($stackPtr)
      *    'is_abstract'          => false,    // true if the abstract keyword was found.
      *    'is_final'             => false,    // true if the final keyword was found.
      *    'is_static'            => false,    // true if the static keyword was found.
+     *    'has_body'             => false,    // true if the method has a body
      *   );
      * </code>
      *
@@ -1541,6 +1542,7 @@ public function getMethodProperties($stackPtr)
         $returnType         = '';
         $returnTypeToken    = false;
         $nullableReturnType = false;
+        $hasBody            = true;
 
         if (isset($this->tokens[$stackPtr]['parenthesis_closer']) === true) {
             $scopeOpener = null;
@@ -1576,6 +1578,9 @@ public function getMethodProperties($stackPtr)
                     $returnType .= $this->tokens[$i]['content'];
                 }
             }
+
+            $end     = $this->findNext([T_OPEN_CURLY_BRACKET, T_SEMICOLON], $this->tokens[$stackPtr]['parenthesis_closer']);
+            $hasBody = $this->tokens[$end]['code'] === T_OPEN_CURLY_BRACKET;
         }//end if
 
         if ($returnType !== '' && $nullableReturnType === true) {
@@ -1591,6 +1596,7 @@ public function getMethodProperties($stackPtr)
             'is_abstract'          => $isAbstract,
             'is_final'             => $isFinal,
             'is_static'            => $isStatic,
+            'has_body'             => $hasBody,
         ];
 
     }//end getMethodProperties()
diff --git a/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php b/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php
index 2607422837..8e7c30ed86 100644
--- a/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         // Unfinished closures are tokenized as T_FUNCTION however, and can be excluded
         // by checking for the scope_opener.
         if ($tokens[$stackPtr]['code'] === T_FUNCTION
-            && (isset($tokens[$stackPtr]['scope_opener']) === true || $tokens[$stackPtr]['level'] === 1)
+            && (isset($tokens[$stackPtr]['scope_opener']) === true || $phpcsFile->getMethodProperties($stackPtr)['has_body'] === false)
         ) {
             if ($tokens[($openBracket - 1)]['content'] === $phpcsFile->eolChar) {
                 $spaces = 'newline';
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             }
 
             // Must be no space before semicolon in abstract/interface methods.
-            $end = $phpcsFile->findNext([T_OPEN_CURLY_BRACKET, T_SEMICOLON], $closeBracket);
-            if ($tokens[$end]['code'] === T_SEMICOLON) {
+            if ($phpcsFile->getMethodProperties($stackPtr)['has_body'] === false) {
+                $end = $phpcsFile->findNext(T_SEMICOLON, $closeBracket);
                 if ($tokens[($end - 1)]['content'] === $phpcsFile->eolChar) {
                     $spaces = 'newline';
                 } else if ($tokens[($end - 1)]['code'] === T_WHITESPACE) {
diff --git a/src/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed b/src/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed
index fd2763a56a..b993e3f079 100644
--- a/src/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed
+++ b/src/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed
@@ -311,4 +311,4 @@ if(true) {
 
         abstract function baz();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}