Index: clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
   bool SkipEndWhitespaceAndComments = true;
   tok::TokenKind TokKind = getTokenKind(Loc, SM, Context);
   if (TokKind == tok::NUM_TOKENS || TokKind == tok::semi ||
-      TokKind == tok::r_brace || isStringLiteral(TokKind)) {
+      TokKind == tok::r_brace || isCharConstant(TokKind) ||
+      isStringLiteral(TokKind)) {
     // If we are at ";" or "}", we found the last token. We could use as well
     // `if (isa<NullStmt>(S))`, but it wouldn't work for nested statements.
     SkipEndWhitespaceAndComments = false;
Index: include/clang/Basic/TokenKinds.h
===================================================================
--- include/clang/Basic/TokenKinds.h
+++ include/clang/Basic/TokenKinds.h
@@ -82,12 +82,17 @@
          K == tok::utf32_string_literal;
 }
 
+/// \brief Return true if this is a char constant token
+inline bool isCharConstant(TokenKind K) {
+  return K == tok::char_constant || K == tok::wide_char_constant ||
+         K == tok::utf8_char_constant || K == tok::utf16_char_constant ||
+         K == tok::utf32_char_constant;
+}
+
 /// \brief Return true if this is a "literal" kind, like a numeric
 /// constant, string, etc.
 inline bool isLiteral(TokenKind K) {
-  return K == tok::numeric_constant || K == tok::char_constant ||
-         K == tok::wide_char_constant || K == tok::utf8_char_constant ||
-         K == tok::utf16_char_constant || K == tok::utf32_char_constant ||
+  return K == tok::numeric_constant || isCharConstant(K) ||
          isStringLiteral(K) || K == tok::angle_string_literal;
 }
 
Index: test/clang-tidy/readability-braces-around-statements-single-line.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/clang-tidy/readability-braces-around-statements-single-line.cpp
+++ test/clang-tidy/readability-braces-around-statements-single-line.cpp
@@ -31,3 +31,21 @@
   // CHECK-FIXES: if (cond("if4") /*comment*/) {
   // CHECK-FIXES: }
 }
+
+const char *test2() {
+  if (cond("if1"))
+    return "string";
+
+
+}
+
+char test3() {
+  if (cond("if1"))
+    return 'a';
+
+
+  if (cond("if1"))
+    return (char)L'a';
+
+
+}