diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index f2e54cfc1a..cfa256ab32 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
   - Fixed bug #1840 : When a comment has too many asterisks, phpcbf gives FAILED TO FIX error
   - Fixed bug #1867 : Cant use phpcs:ignore where the next line is HTML
+  - Fixed bug #1870 : Invalid warning in multiple assignments alignment with closure or anon class
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir name="/">
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentSniff.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentSniff.php
index 29c5ae4e13..702f8425c3 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentSniff.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentSniff.php
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ public function checkAlignment($phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
 
         for ($assign = $stackPtr; $assign < $phpcsFile->numTokens; $assign++) {
             if (isset($find[$tokens[$assign]['code']]) === false) {
+                if ($tokens[$assign]['code'] === T_CLOSURE
+                    || $tokens[$assign]['code'] === T_ANON_CLASS
+                ) {
+                    $assign   = $tokens[$assign]['scope_closer'];
+                    $lastCode = $assign;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 // A blank line indicates that the assignment block has ended.
                 if (isset(Tokens::$emptyTokens[$tokens[$assign]['code']]) === false) {
                     if (($tokens[$assign]['line'] - $tokens[$lastCode]['line']) > 1) {
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc
index 4455a53c67..2c4d1d9690 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc
@@ -232,3 +232,19 @@ $bar = 'hi';
 $foo = $moo = $test;
 $boo = 'boo';
 $foo = $moooo = 'foo';
+
+$foobarbaz = array_map(
+    function ($n) {
+        return $n * $n;
+    },
+    [1, 2, 3]
+);
+$foo       = 5;
+
+$loggerResult = $util->setLogger(new class {
+    public function log($msg)
+    {
+        echo $msg;
+    }
+});
+$foo          = 5;
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc.fixed b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc.fixed
index 17ce2df1d1..a414878226 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc.fixed
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/Formatting/MultipleStatementAlignmentUnitTest.inc.fixed
@@ -232,3 +232,19 @@ $bar = 'hi';
 $foo = $moo = $test;
 $boo = 'boo';
 $foo = $moooo = 'foo';
+
+$foobarbaz = array_map(
+    function ($n) {
+        return $n * $n;
+    },
+    [1, 2, 3]
+);
+$foo       = 5;
+
+$loggerResult = $util->setLogger(new class {
+    public function log($msg)
+    {
+        echo $msg;
+    }
+});
+$foo          = 5;