diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatWriter.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatWriter.scala
index 3958e66a5c..46dd89e98e 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatWriter.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatWriter.scala
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class FormatWriter(formatOps: FormatOps) {
 
     def checkApply(t: Tree): Boolean = t.parent match {
       case Some(p @ Term.ArgClause(`t` :: Nil, _)) =>
-        p.parent.exists(_.is[Term.Apply])
+        TreeOps.isParentAnApply(p)
       case _ => false
     }
 
diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
index ada3783c55..8dde68a845 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
@@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ class RedundantBraces(ftoks: FormatTokens) extends FormatTokensRewrite.Rule {
       case ta @ Term.ArgClause((func: Term.Function) :: Nil, _) if {
             val body = func.body
             (body.is[Term.Block] || func.tokens.last.ne(body.tokens.last)) &&
-            ta.parent.exists(_.is[Term.Apply]) &&
-            okToRemoveAroundFunctionBody(body, true)
+            isParentAnApply(ta) && okToRemoveAroundFunctionBody(body, true)
           } =>
         getOpeningParen(ta).map((_, func))
       case _ => None
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ class RedundantBraces(ftoks: FormatTokens) extends FormatTokensRewrite.Rule {
           (p.body eq b) || shouldRemoveSingleStatBlock(b)
         }
 
-      case t: Term.ArgClause if t.parent.exists(_.is[Term.Apply]) =>
+      case t: Term.ArgClause if isParentAnApply(t) =>
         // Example: as.map { _.toString }
         // Leave this alone for now.
         // In future there should be an option to surround such expressions with parens instead of braces
diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/TreeOps.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/TreeOps.scala
index eaee3b60b4..d8e6bc8091 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/TreeOps.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/util/TreeOps.scala
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ object TreeOps {
             // handle rewritten apply { { x => b } } to a { x => b }
             val parentApply = findTreeWithParent(t) {
               case Term.Block(_) => None
-              case p @ Term.ArgClause(_ :: Nil, _)
-                  if p.parent.exists(_.is[Term.Apply]) =>
-                Some(true)
+              case p @ Term.ArgClause(_ :: Nil, _) => Some(isParentAnApply(p))
               case _ => Some(false)
             }
             if (parentApply.isDefined) addOne(arg)
@@ -1041,4 +1039,7 @@ object TreeOps {
       case _ => false
     }
 
+  def isParentAnApply(t: Tree): Boolean =
+    t.parent.exists(_.is[Term.Apply])
+
 }