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 c6e01b5f5..943170cd0 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
@@ -1515,18 +1515,24 @@ class FormatOps(
       def getSpaceSplit(penalty: Int, policy: Policy = Policy.NoPolicy)(implicit
           fileLine: FileLine,
       ) = {
-        val spacePolicy = policy | penalize(penalty)
         val miniSlbEnd = getSlbEndOnLeft(next(ft))
-        val slbLite = style.newlines.keep &&
-          (body.parent match {
-            case Some(p: Term.Assign) => !p.parent.is[Term.ArgClause] ||
-              style.binPack.callSite == BinPack.Site.Never
-            case _ => true
-          })
-        val opt = if (style.newlines.keep) miniSlbEnd else blast
-        Split(Space, 0).withSingleLineNoOptimal(miniSlbEnd)
-          .andPolicy(spacePolicy)
-          .withOptimalToken(opt, killOnFail = slbLite, recurseOnly = slbLite)
+        val slbPolicy = SingleLineBlock(miniSlbEnd)
+        val slbFails = slbPolicy.exists { // wouldn't check, past expiration
+          case p: SingleLineBlock => p.failsLeftSyntaxNL(miniSlbEnd)
+          case _ => false
+        }
+        if (slbFails) Split.ignored
+        else {
+          val slbLite = style.newlines.keep &&
+            (body.parent match {
+              case Some(p: Term.Assign) => !p.parent.is[Term.ArgClause] ||
+                style.binPack.callSite == BinPack.Site.Never
+              case _ => true
+            })
+          val opt = if (style.newlines.keep) miniSlbEnd else blast
+          Split(Space, 0, policy = slbPolicy & (policy | penalize(penalty)))
+            .withOptimalToken(opt, killOnFail = slbLite, recurseOnly = slbLite)
+        }
       }
       def getPolicySplits(penalty: Int, policy: Policy, nlCost: Int = 1)(
           implicit fileLine: FileLine,
diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/PolicyOps.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/PolicyOps.scala
index c40c515ca..644645077 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/PolicyOps.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/PolicyOps.scala
@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ object PolicyOps {
     override def terminal: Boolean = true
     override val prefix: String = "SLB"
     private val checkSyntax = noSyntaxNL || !style.newlines.ignoreInSyntax
+    def failsLeftSyntaxNL(ft: FT): Boolean = checkSyntax && ft.leftHasNewline
     override val f: Policy.Pf = {
       case Decision(ft, s)
           if !(ft.right.is[T.EOF] || okSLC && isLeftCommentThenBreak(ft)) =>
-        if (checkSyntax && ft.leftHasNewline) Seq.empty else s.filterNot(_.isNL)
+        if (failsLeftSyntaxNL(ft)) Seq.empty else s.filterNot(_.isNL)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/newlines/source_fold.stat b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/newlines/source_fold.stat
index fecd357d0..affd7f18c 100644
--- a/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/newlines/source_fold.stat
+++ b/scalafmt-tests/shared/src/test/resources/newlines/source_fold.stat
@@ -11070,16 +11070,18 @@ object a {
 }
 >>>
 object a {
-  val foo1s = """bar
+  val foo1s =
+    """bar
    baz
    qux"""
   val foo1i =
     s"""bar
    baz
    qux"""
-  val foo2s = """|bar
-                 |baz
-                 |qux""".stripMargin
+  val foo2s =
+    """|bar
+       |baz
+       |qux""".stripMargin
   val foo2i =
     s"""|bar
         |baz
@@ -11188,16 +11190,18 @@ object a {
 }
 >>>
 object a {
-  val foo1s = """bar
+  val foo1s =
+    """bar
    baz
    qux"""
   val foo1i =
     s"""bar
    baz
    qux"""
-  val foo2s = """|bar
-    |baz
-    |qux""".stripMargin
+  val foo2s =
+    """|bar
+      |baz
+      |qux""".stripMargin
   val foo2i =
     s"""|bar
       |baz