diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
index af92494afe8..3817fe4c485 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
@@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_freeFunction()
 {
     const QByteArray original = "void free()@;\n";
     const QByteArray expected =
-        "void free() {\n\n"
+        "void free()\n"
+        "{\n\n"
         "}\n"
         "\n"
         ;
@@ -938,8 +939,8 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_insideClass()
         "};";
     const QByteArray expected =
         "class Foo {\n"
-        "    void bar() {\n"
-        "\n"
+        "    void bar()\n"
+        "    {\n\n"
         "    }\n"
         "};\n";
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
index d157767609e..ac629d14fa2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ public:
         if (m_defpos == DefPosInsideClass) {
             const int targetPos = targetFile->position(m_loc.line(), m_loc.column());
             ChangeSet target;
-            target.replace(targetPos - 1, targetPos, QLatin1String(" {\n\n}")); // replace ';'
+            target.replace(targetPos - 1, targetPos, QLatin1String("\n {\n\n}")); // replace ';'
             targetFile->setChangeSet(target);
             targetFile->appendIndentRange(ChangeSet::Range(targetPos, targetPos + 4));
             targetFile->setOpenEditor(true, targetPos);