diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/WhitespaceAroundCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/WhitespaceAroundCheck.java
index c936081bb..55a09e127 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/WhitespaceAroundCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/WhitespaceAroundCheck.java
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ public class WhitespaceAroundCheck
 
         if ((after < line.length())
             && !Character.isWhitespace(line.charAt(after))
+            // Check for "return;"
             && !((aAST.getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_RETURN)
-                 && (aAST.getFirstChild().getType() == TokenTypes.SEMI)))
+                && (aAST.getFirstChild().getType() == TokenTypes.SEMI))
+            // Check for "})". Happens with anon-inners
+            && !((aAST.getType() == TokenTypes.RCURLY)
+                && (line.charAt(after) == ')')))
         {
             log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo() + aAST.getText().length(),
                     "ws.notFollowed", new Object[]{aAST.getText()});
diff --git a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java
index bc042a33b..c8a10f804 100644
--- a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java
+++ b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java
@@ -155,4 +155,13 @@ class InputWhitespace
         // missing WS around colon
         assert true:"Whups";
     }
+
+    /** another check */
+    void donBradman(Runnable aRun)
+    {
+        donBradman(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ParenPadCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ParenPadCheckTest.java
index d86b9b01b..ae13e97ae 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ParenPadCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ParenPadCheckTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public class ParenPadCheckTest
             "150:32: ')' is not preceeded with whitespace.",
             "153:16: '(' is not followed by whitespace.",
             "153:20: ')' is not preceeded with whitespace.",
+            "162:20: '(' is not followed by whitespace.",
+            "165:10: ')' is not preceeded with whitespace.",
         };
         verify(c, fname, expected);
     }