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 dc9fb75987..270a1312bc 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
@@ -568,7 +568,18 @@ class FormatOps(
         case t => t
       }
       def isOldTopLevel(child: Tree) = child.parent.exists {
-        case _: Term.Block | _: Term.If | _: Term.While | _: Source => true
+        case _: Term.If | _: Term.While | _: Source => true
+        case t: Term.Block => !isSingleStatBlock(t) || t.parent.forall { p =>
+            t.tokens.head match { // check brace was not rewritten
+              case head: Token.LeftBrace =>
+                (tokens.before(head).left eq head) ||
+                (p match {
+                  case p: Tree.WithCond => p.cond eq t
+                  case _ => false
+                })
+              case _ => true
+            }
+          }
         case fun: Term.FunctionTerm => isBlockFunction(fun)
         case t: Case => t.pat.eq(child) || t.body.eq(child)
         case SingleArgInBraces(_, arg, _) => child eq arg
diff --git a/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces.stat b/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces.stat
index 15742248ba..31d401a6b7 100644
--- a/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces.stat
+++ b/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantBraces.stat
@@ -1917,11 +1917,10 @@ object a {
   }
 }
 >>>
-Idempotency violated
-=> Diff (- obtained, + expected)
-     t.className != "scala/Console$" &&
--      // console accesses DynamicVariable, let's discard it too
--      !t.className.startsWith("scala/util/DynamicVariable")
-+    // console accesses DynamicVariable, let's discard it too
-+    !t.className.startsWith("scala/util/DynamicVariable")
- }
+object a {
+  val standardFilter: MethodCallTrace => Boolean = t =>
+    // ignore all calls to Console trigger by printing
+    t.className != "scala/Console$" &&
+      // console accesses DynamicVariable, let's discard it too
+      !t.className.startsWith("scala/util/DynamicVariable")
+}