diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test_rformat.R b/inst/tinytest/test_rformat.R
index d46718d..b097e44 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test_rformat.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test_rformat.R
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ expect_true(
   info = "Inline function body should be preserved"
 )
 
+# Multi-line function header + bare if body + expand_if (regression)
+# The signature collapse used to leave blank lines between function(...)
+# and the body, making it look like two separate statements.
+code <- "`%||%` <- function(\n  x,\n  y\n) if (is.null(x)) y else x"
+result <- rformat(code, control_braces = "multi", expand_if = TRUE)
+expect_true(
+  !is.null(tryCatch(parse(text = result), error = function(e) NULL)),
+  info = "Collapsed signature with bare if body should still parse"
+)
+expect_false(
+  grepl("function\\(x, y\\)\\s*\\n\\s*\\n", result),
+  info = "No blank line should separate collapsed signature from its bare body"
+)
+
 # Nested parentheses collapse (regression test)
 # Short nested calls should collapse to a single line
 code <- "tryCatch(
diff --git a/src/funcdef.cpp b/src/funcdef.cpp
index a244977..aa4f0fa 100644
--- a/src/funcdef.cpp
+++ b/src/funcdef.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,19 @@ void reformat_function_defs(std::vector<Token>& tokens,
                     need_change = true;
                 if (!need_change) continue;
 
+                // Record the last line the signature currently occupies so we
+                // can close any gap between the collapsed signature and a
+                // bare (braceless) body.
+                int old_sig_end_line = tokens[fi].out_line;
+                for (int k = fi; k <= close_idx; k++) {
+                    if (tokens[k].out_line > old_sig_end_line)
+                        old_sig_end_line = tokens[k].out_line;
+                }
+                for (int c : comma_indices) {
+                    if (tokens[c].out_line > old_sig_end_line)
+                        old_sig_end_line = tokens[c].out_line;
+                }
+
                 for (int k = fi; k <= close_idx; k++)
                     tokens[k].out_line = func_line;
                 for (int c : comma_indices)
@@ -141,6 +154,22 @@ void reformat_function_defs(std::vector<Token>& tokens,
                 if (has_brace)
                     tokens[brace_idx].out_line = func_line;
 
+                // Close the gap for a bare-body function: shift any tokens
+                // that lived on the old signature's trailing lines up so the
+                // body stays adjacent to the collapsed signature.
+                if (!has_brace && old_sig_end_line > func_line) {
+                    int shift = old_sig_end_line - func_line;
+                    for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) {
+                        if (tokens[k].out_line >= old_sig_end_line + 1) {
+                            tokens[k].out_line -= shift;
+                        } else if (tokens[k].out_line == old_sig_end_line) {
+                            // Body tokens that shared the old close-paren
+                            // line now belong on func_line.
+                            tokens[k].out_line = func_line;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 reorder_tokens(tokens);
                 changed = true;
                 break;