diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index db403e30084324..1d9a3263b77d3a 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ fn (f &Fmt) should_insert_newline_before_node(node ast.Node, prev_node ast.Node)
 				return false
 			}
 			ast.Block {
-				if node is ast.Block && !node.is_unsafe && node.pos.line_nr - prev_line_nr > 0 {
+				if node is ast.Block && !node.is_unsafe && node.pos.line_nr - prev_line_nr > 1 {
 					return true
 				} else {
 					return false
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 841bfd17776221..6fba5b05fdf8ba 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) stmt(is_top_level bool) ast.Stmt {
 				}
 			} else {
 				stmts := p.parse_block()
-				pos.last_line = p.prev_tok.line_nr
+				pos.update_last_line(p.prev_tok.line_nr)
 				return ast.Block{
 					stmts: stmts
 					pos:   pos