diff --git a/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs b/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
index f589d9e45..7e2562327 100644
--- a/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
+++ b/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ private static bool IsPreviousTokenApartByWhitespace(LinkedListNode<Token> token
 
         private static bool IsPreviousTokenApartByWhitespace(LinkedListNode<Token> tokenNode, out bool hasRedundantWhitespace)
         {
+            if (tokenNode.Value.Extent.StartLineNumber != tokenNode.Previous.Value.Extent.StartLineNumber)
+            {
+                hasRedundantWhitespace = false;
+                return true;
+            }
             var actualWhitespaceSize = tokenNode.Value.Extent.StartColumnNumber - tokenNode.Previous.Value.Extent.EndColumnNumber;
             hasRedundantWhitespace = actualWhitespaceSize - whiteSpaceSize > 0;
             return whiteSpaceSize == actualWhitespaceSize;
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1
index 23bf18350..36da74f45 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1
@@ -39,17 +39,27 @@ Describe "UseWhitespace" {
 
         It "Should not find violation if an open brace follows a whitespace" {
             $def = 'if($true) {}'
-            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -Be $null
+            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
         }
 
         It "Should not find violation if an open brace follows a foreach member invocation" {
             $def = '(1..5).foreach{$_}'
-            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -Be $null
+            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
         }
 
         It "Should not find violation if an open brace follows a where member invocation" {
             $def = '(1..5).where{$_}'
-            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -Be $null
+            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+        }
+
+        It "Should not find violation if an open brace is on the next line" {
+            $def = @'
+if ($true)
+{
+    foo
+}
+'@
+            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
         }
 
     }