diff --git a/lib/std/zig/parse.zig b/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
index 001799e0b..6dfd1120b 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ fn parseIfStatement(arena: *Allocator, it: *TokenIterator, tree: *Tree) !?*Node
 
     const block_expr = (try parseBlockExpr(arena, it, tree));
     const assign_expr = if (block_expr == null)
-        try expectNode(arena, it, tree, parseAdditionExpr, .{
+        try expectNode(arena, it, tree, parseAssignExpr, .{
             .ExpectedBlockOrAssignment = .{ .token = it.index },
         })
     else
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
index ef8779e7f..186a59e74 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ test "recovery: invalid comptime" {
     });
 }
 
+test "zig fmt: if statment" {
+    try testCanonical(
+        \\test "" {
+        \\    if (optional()) |some|
+        \\        bar = some.foo();
+        \\}
+        \\
+    );
+}
+
 test "zig fmt: top-level fields" {
     try testCanonical(
         \\a: did_you_know,