diff --git a/src/items.rs b/src/items.rs
index a3eb7f7a4c9..3088c21ad09 100644
--- a/src/items.rs
+++ b/src/items.rs
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ pub fn format_impl(context: &RewriteContext, item: &ast::Item, offset: Indent) -
         let where_clause_str = try_opt!(rewrite_where_clause(context,
                                                              &generics.where_clause,
                                                              context.config,
+                                                             context.config.item_brace_style,
                                                              context.block_indent,
                                                              where_budget,
                                                              context.config.where_density,
@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ fn format_tuple_struct(context: &RewriteContext,
             let where_clause_str = try_opt!(rewrite_where_clause(context,
                                                                  &generics.where_clause,
                                                                  context.config,
+                                                                 context.config.item_brace_style,
                                                                  context.block_indent,
                                                                  where_budget,
                                                                  Density::Compressed,
@@ -1178,6 +1180,7 @@ fn rewrite_fn_base(context: &RewriteContext,
     let where_clause_str = try_opt!(rewrite_where_clause(context,
                                                          where_clause,
                                                          context.config,
+                                                         context.config.fn_brace_style,
                                                          indent,
                                                          where_budget,
                                                          where_density,
@@ -1416,6 +1419,7 @@ fn rewrite_generics(context: &RewriteContext,
 fn rewrite_where_clause(context: &RewriteContext,
                         where_clause: &ast::WhereClause,
                         config: &Config,
+                        brace_style: BraceStyle,
                         indent: Indent,
                         width: usize,
                         density: Density,
@@ -1474,7 +1478,7 @@ fn rewrite_where_clause(context: &RewriteContext,
     let end_length = if terminator == "{" {
         // If the brace is on the next line we don't need to count it otherwise it needs two
         // characters " {"
-        match context.config.item_brace_style {
+        match brace_style {
             BraceStyle::AlwaysNextLine => 0,
             BraceStyle::PreferSameLine => 2,
             BraceStyle::SameLineWhere => 0,
@@ -1513,6 +1517,7 @@ fn format_generics(context: &RewriteContext,
         let where_clause_str = try_opt!(rewrite_where_clause(context,
                                                              &generics.where_clause,
                                                              context.config,
+                                                             brace_style,
                                                              context.block_indent,
                                                              budget,
                                                              Density::Tall,