diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs b/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs
index c4857cf58561..3bd6a09d3653 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs
@@ -216,16 +216,16 @@ fn check_else(cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, expr: &Expr) {
         // it’s bad when there is a ‘\n’ after the “else”
         if let Some(else_snippet) = snippet_opt(cx, else_span);
         if let Some((pre_else, post_else)) = else_snippet.split_once("else");
-        if let Some(post_else_eol_pos) = post_else.find('\n');
+        if let Some((_, post_else_post_eol)) = post_else.split_once('\n');
 
         then {
             // Allow allman style braces `} \n else \n {`
             if_chain! {
                 if is_block(else_);
-                if let Some(pre_else_eol_pos) = pre_else.find('\n');
+                if let Some((_, pre_else_post_eol)) = pre_else.split_once('\n');
                 // Exactly one eol before and after the else
-                if !pre_else[pre_else_eol_pos + 1..].contains('\n');
-                if !post_else[post_else_eol_pos + 1..].contains('\n');
+                if !pre_else_post_eol.contains('\n');
+                if !post_else_post_eol.contains('\n');
                 then {
                     return;
                 }