diff --git a/js/src/javascript/beautifier.js b/js/src/javascript/beautifier.js
index d2a2111b..94aaf83d 100644
--- a/js/src/javascript/beautifier.js
+++ b/js/src/javascript/beautifier.js
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Beautifier.prototype.start_of_statement = function(current_token) {
   var start = false;
   start = start || reserved_array(this._flags.last_token, ['var', 'let', 'const']) && current_token.type === TOKEN.WORD;
   start = start || reserved_word(this._flags.last_token, 'do');
-  start = start || (reserved_array(this._flags.last_token, newline_restricted_tokens) && !current_token.newlines);
+  start = start || (!(this._flags.parent.mode === MODE.ObjectLiteral && this._flags.mode === MODE.Statement)) && reserved_array(this._flags.last_token, newline_restricted_tokens) && !current_token.newlines;
   start = start || reserved_word(this._flags.last_token, 'else') &&
     !(reserved_word(current_token, 'if') && !current_token.comments_before);
   start = start || (this._flags.last_token.type === TOKEN.END_EXPR && (this._previous_flags.mode === MODE.ForInitializer || this._previous_flags.mode === MODE.Conditional));
diff --git a/js/test/generated/beautify-javascript-tests.js b/js/test/generated/beautify-javascript-tests.js
index 70e6d396..bf50159a 100644
--- a/js/test/generated/beautify-javascript-tests.js
+++ b/js/test/generated/beautify-javascript-tests.js
@@ -2249,6 +2249,15 @@ function run_javascript_tests(test_obj, Urlencoded, js_beautify, html_beautify,
             '    d = 3,\n' +
             '    e = (await foo()),\n' +
             '    f = 4;');
+        bt(
+            'a = {\n' +
+            '    myVar: async function() {\n' +
+            '        return a;\n' +
+            '    },\n' +
+            '    myOtherVar: async function() {\n' +
+            '        yield b;\n' +
+            '    }\n' +
+            '}');
 
 
         //============================================================
diff --git a/python/jsbeautifier/javascript/beautifier.py b/python/jsbeautifier/javascript/beautifier.py
index 4813793f..6750b737 100644
--- a/python/jsbeautifier/javascript/beautifier.py
+++ b/python/jsbeautifier/javascript/beautifier.py
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ class Beautifier:
             current_token.type == TOKEN.WORD)
         start = start or reserved_word(self._flags.last_token, 'do')
         start = start or (
+            not (self._flags.parent.mode == MODE.ObjectLiteral and self._flags.mode == MODE.Statement) and
             reserved_array(self._flags.last_token, self._newline_restricted_tokens) and
             not current_token.newlines)
         start = start or (
@@ -711,7 +712,7 @@ class Beautifier:
                     'set', 'get'] and self._flags.mode != MODE.ObjectLiteral:
                 current_token.type = TOKEN.WORD
             elif current_token.text == 'import' and self._tokens.peek().text == '(':
-                current_token.type = TOKEN.WORD    
+                current_token.type = TOKEN.WORD
             elif current_token.text in ['as', 'from'] and not self._flags.import_block:
                 current_token.type = TOKEN.WORD
             elif self._flags.mode == MODE.ObjectLiteral:
diff --git a/python/jsbeautifier/tests/generated/tests.py b/python/jsbeautifier/tests/generated/tests.py
index 840a94d3..5d7534f2 100644
--- a/python/jsbeautifier/tests/generated/tests.py
+++ b/python/jsbeautifier/tests/generated/tests.py
@@ -2019,6 +2019,15 @@ class TestJSBeautifier(unittest.TestCase):
             '    d = 3,\n' +
             '    e = (await foo()),\n' +
             '    f = 4;')
+        bt(
+            'a = {\n' +
+            '    myVar: async function() {\n' +
+            '        return a;\n' +
+            '    },\n' +
+            '    myOtherVar: async function() {\n' +
+            '        yield b;\n' +
+            '    }\n' +
+            '}')
 
 
         #============================================================
diff --git a/test/data/javascript/tests.js b/test/data/javascript/tests.js
index 67fe30e8..0518f46b 100644
--- a/test/data/javascript/tests.js
+++ b/test/data/javascript/tests.js
@@ -991,6 +991,18 @@ exports.test_data = {
             '    e = (await foo()),',
             '    f = 4;'
           ]
+        },
+        {
+          unchanged: [
+            'a = {',
+            '    myVar: async function() {',
+            '        return a;',
+            '    },',
+            '    myOtherVar: async function() {',
+            '        yield b;',
+            '    }',
+            '}'
+          ]
         }
       ]
     }, {