diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index b4f36dc64c..fcdb419187 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   - Fixed bug #2943 : Redundant semicolon added to a file when fixing PSR2.Files.ClosingTag.NotAllowed
   - Fixed bug #2977 : File::isReference() does not detect return by reference for closures
     -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+  - Fixed bug #2994 : Generic.Formatting.DisallowMultipleStatements false positive for FOR loop with no body
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir name="/">
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php
index d67bb761e4..6f9ff9f917 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsSniff.php
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
         } while ($tokens[$prev]['code'] === T_PHPCS_IGNORE);
 
         // Ignore multiple statements in a FOR condition.
-        if (isset($tokens[$stackPtr]['nested_parenthesis']) === true) {
-            foreach ($tokens[$stackPtr]['nested_parenthesis'] as $bracket) {
-                if (isset($tokens[$bracket]['parenthesis_owner']) === false) {
-                    // Probably a closure sitting inside a function call.
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                $owner = $tokens[$bracket]['parenthesis_owner'];
-                if ($tokens[$owner]['code'] === T_FOR) {
-                    return;
+        foreach ([$stackPtr, $prev] as $checkToken) {
+            if (isset($tokens[$checkToken]['nested_parenthesis']) === true) {
+                foreach ($tokens[$checkToken]['nested_parenthesis'] as $bracket) {
+                    if (isset($tokens[$bracket]['parenthesis_owner']) === false) {
+                        // Probably a closure sitting inside a function call.
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    $owner = $tokens[$bracket]['parenthesis_owner'];
+                    if ($tokens[$owner]['code'] === T_FOR) {
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc
index 5dd11cfdb7..ed316cc219 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ $this->wizardid = 10; $this->paint(); echo 'x';
 
 <?php
 echo 'x'; /* phpcs:ignore Standard */ echo $y; /* phpcs:ignore OtherStandard */;
+
+for ($i = 0 ; $i < 10; $i++);
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc.fixed b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc.fixed
index 0d7036884b..a518110782 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc.fixed
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/DisallowMultipleStatementsUnitTest.inc.fixed
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ echo 'x';
 
 <?php
 echo 'x'; /* phpcs:ignore Standard */ echo $y; /* phpcs:ignore OtherStandard */;
+
+for ($i = 0 ; $i < 10; $i++);
+{
+}