diff --git a/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs b/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs
index b3029341c3..f02ec21a3c 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ fn gen_block(
             __tracing_attr_span = #span;
             __tracing_attr_guard = __tracing_attr_span.enter();
         }
-        // pacify clippy::suspicious_else_formatting
-        let _ = ();
     );
 
     if err {
@@ -583,8 +581,17 @@ fn gen_block(
     }
 
     quote_spanned!(block.span()=>
-        #span
-        #block
+        // Because `quote` produces a stream of tokens _without_ whitespace, the
+        // `if` and the block will appear directly next to each other. This
+        // generates a clippy lint about suspicious `if/else` formatting.
+        // Therefore, suppress the lint inside the generated code...
+        #[allow(clippy::suspicious_else_formatting)]
+        {
+            #span
+            // ...but turn the lint back on inside the function body.
+            #[warn(clippy::suspicious_else_formatting)]
+            #block
+        }
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs b/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs
index 816795946e..e7627fbbb2 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs
+++ b/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ async fn test_async_fn(polls: usize) -> Result<(), ()> {
     future.await
 }
 
+#[instrument]
+async fn test_async_fn_empty() {}
+
 #[test]
 fn async_fn_only_enters_for_polls() {
     let (collector, handle) = collector::mock()
diff --git a/tracing-attributes/tests/err.rs b/tracing-attributes/tests/err.rs
index f78b69518d..808134d101 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/tests/err.rs
+++ b/tracing-attributes/tests/err.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ fn err() -> Result<u8, TryFromIntError> {
     u8::try_from(1234)
 }
 
+#[instrument(err)]
+fn err_suspicious_else() -> Result<u8, TryFromIntError> {
+    {}
+    u8::try_from(1234)
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test() {
     let span = span::mock().named("err");