diff --git a/utils/checkstyle.py b/utils/checkstyle.py
index 32974815048a..a40d7dec879f 100755
--- a/utils/checkstyle.py
+++ b/utils/checkstyle.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ astyle_options = (
     '--pad-oper',
     '--align-pointer=name',
     '--align-reference=name',
+    '--keep-one-line-blocks',
     '--max-code-length=120'
 )