diff --git a/crates/compiler/fmt/src/def.rs b/crates/compiler/fmt/src/def.rs
index 59c48747fc..fab2b42983 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/fmt/src/def.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/fmt/src/def.rs
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ pub fn fmt_body<'a>(
             && collection.is_empty()
             && pattern_extracted.before.iter().all(|s| s.is_newline())
             && pattern_extracted.after.iter().all(|s| s.is_newline())
+            && !matches!(body.extract_spaces().item, Expr::Defs(..))
     } else {
         false
     };
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.formatted.roc b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.formatted.roc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bede9093b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.formatted.roc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{} =
+    p
+    t
+J
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.result-ast b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.result-ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4ffb4063b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.result-ast
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+Defs(
+    Defs {
+        tags: [
+            EitherIndex(2147483648),
+        ],
+        regions: [
+            @0-9,
+        ],
+        space_before: [
+            Slice<roc_parse::ast::CommentOrNewline> { start: 0, length: 0 },
+        ],
+        space_after: [
+            Slice<roc_parse::ast::CommentOrNewline> { start: 0, length: 0 },
+        ],
+        spaces: [],
+        type_defs: [],
+        value_defs: [
+            Body(
+                @0-2 RecordDestructure(
+                    [],
+                ),
+                @5-9 SpaceBefore(
+                    Defs(
+                        Defs {
+                            tags: [
+                                EitherIndex(2147483648),
+                            ],
+                            regions: [
+                                @5-6,
+                            ],
+                            space_before: [
+                                Slice<roc_parse::ast::CommentOrNewline> { start: 0, length: 0 },
+                            ],
+                            space_after: [
+                                Slice<roc_parse::ast::CommentOrNewline> { start: 0, length: 0 },
+                            ],
+                            spaces: [],
+                            type_defs: [],
+                            value_defs: [
+                                Stmt(
+                                    @5-6 Var {
+                                        module_name: "",
+                                        ident: "p",
+                                    },
+                                ),
+                            ],
+                        },
+                        @8-9 SpaceBefore(
+                            Var {
+                                module_name: "",
+                                ident: "t",
+                            },
+                            [
+                                Newline,
+                            ],
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                    [
+                        Newline,
+                    ],
+                ),
+            ),
+        ],
+    },
+    @10-11 SpaceBefore(
+        Tag(
+            "J",
+        ),
+        [
+            Newline,
+        ],
+    ),
+)
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.roc b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.roc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aed3ebd67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr.roc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{}=
+ p
+ t
+J
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs
index 2024f0419e..caac291677 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ mod test_snapshots {
         pass/spaces_inside_empty_list.expr,
         pass/standalone_module_defs.moduledefs,
         pass/stmt_parens_minus.expr,
+        pass/stmts_in_empty_record_assignment.expr,
         pass/str_block_multiple_newlines.expr,
         pass/string_without_escape.expr,
         pass/sub_var_with_spaces.expr,