diff --git a/src/items.rs b/src/items.rs
index c75fe9a942f9..6ca827216899 100644
--- a/src/items.rs
+++ b/src/items.rs
@@ -506,10 +506,6 @@ pub fn format_impl(context: &RewriteContext, item: &ast::Item, offset: Indent) -
         result.push('{');
 
         if !items.is_empty() {
-            result.push('\n');
-            let indent_str = context.block_indent.to_string(context.config);
-            result.push_str(&indent_str);
-
             let mut visitor = FmtVisitor::from_codemap(context.parse_session, context.config, None);
             visitor.block_indent = context.block_indent.block_indent(context.config);
 
@@ -521,8 +517,11 @@ pub fn format_impl(context: &RewriteContext, item: &ast::Item, offset: Indent) -
                 visitor.visit_impl_item(&item);
             }
 
+            result.push('\n');
             result.push_str(trim_newlines(&visitor.buffer.to_string()));
             result.push('\n');
+
+            let indent_str = context.block_indent.to_string(context.config);
             result.push_str(&indent_str);
         }
         result.push('}');
diff --git a/tests/source/impls.rs b/tests/source/impls.rs
index 8e7b561ae4a6..499b07afd27b 100644
--- a/tests/source/impls.rs
+++ b/tests/source/impls.rs
@@ -21,3 +21,23 @@ impl<'a, 'b, X, Y: Foo<Bar>> Foo<'a, X> for Bar<'b, Y> where X: Fooooooooooooooo
 {
     fn foo() { "hi" }    
 }
+
+impl Foo {
+    fn foo() {}
+}
+
+mod a {
+    impl Foo {
+        // Hello!
+        fn foo() {}
+    }
+}
+
+
+mod b {
+    mod a {
+        impl Foo {
+            fn foo() {}
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/target/impls.rs b/tests/target/impls.rs
index 7530bf16ede0..d491dbfcea8c 100644
--- a/tests/target/impls.rs
+++ b/tests/target/impls.rs
@@ -36,3 +36,23 @@ impl<'a, 'b, X, Y: Foo<Bar>> Foo<'a, X> for Bar<'b, Y> where X: Fooooooooooooooo
         "hi"
     }
 }
+
+impl Foo {
+    fn foo() {}
+}
+
+mod a {
+    impl Foo {
+        // Hello!
+        fn foo() {}
+    }
+}
+
+
+mod b {
+    mod a {
+        impl Foo {
+            fn foo() {}
+        }
+    }
+}