diff --git a/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs b/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs
index 2ba2c0a91c3..380bb876701 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs
+++ b/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ pub(crate) fn format_parens(
         exprs,
         span,
         tactic,
-        NewlineMode::Normal,
+        NewlineMode::IfContainsNewLineAndWidth,
         reduce,
     )
 }