diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp
index 1d639275b1d598..758dc5860888ec 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/WhitespaceManager.cpp
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ AlignTokenSequence(const FormatStyle &Style, unsigned Start, unsigned End,
       FoundMatchOnLine = true;
       Shift = Column - Changes[i].StartOfTokenColumn;
       Changes[i].Spaces += Shift;
+      // FIXME: This is a workaround that should be removed when we fix
+      // http://llvm.org/PR53699. An assertion later below verifies this.
+      if (Changes[i].NewlinesBefore == 0)
+        Changes[i].Spaces =
+            std::max(Changes[i].Spaces,
+                     static_cast<int>(Changes[i].Tok->SpacesRequiredBefore));
     }
 
     // This is for function parameters that are split across multiple lines,
@@ -399,6 +405,12 @@ AlignTokenSequence(const FormatStyle &Style, unsigned Start, unsigned End,
     if (ContinuedStringLiteral)
       Changes[i].Spaces += Shift;
 
+    // We should not remove required spaces unless we break the line before.
+    assert(Changes[i].NewlinesBefore > 0 ||
+           Changes[i].Spaces >=
+               static_cast<int>(Changes[i].Tok->SpacesRequiredBefore) ||
+           Changes[i].Tok->is(tok::eof));
+
     Changes[i].StartOfTokenColumn += Shift;
     if (i + 1 != Changes.size())
       Changes[i + 1].PreviousEndOfTokenColumn += Shift;
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
index c7516427c2f454..8639a72eceb128 100644
--- a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTest.cpp
@@ -17277,6 +17277,31 @@ TEST_F(FormatTest, AlignConsecutiveDeclarations) {
                "const unsigned       g;\n"
                "Const unsigned       h;",
                Alignment);
+
+  // See PR46529
+  FormatStyle BracedAlign = getLLVMStyle();
+  BracedAlign.AlignConsecutiveDeclarations = FormatStyle::ACS_Consecutive;
+  verifyFormat("const auto result{[]() {\n"
+               "  const auto something = 1;\n"
+               "  return 2;\n"
+               "}};",
+               BracedAlign);
+  verifyFormat("int foo{[]() {\n"
+               "  int bar{0};\n"
+               "  return 0;\n"
+               "}()};",
+               BracedAlign);
+  BracedAlign.Cpp11BracedListStyle = false;
+  verifyFormat("const auto result{ []() {\n"
+               "  const auto something = 1;\n"
+               "  return 2;\n"
+               "} };",
+               BracedAlign);
+  verifyFormat("int foo{ []() {\n"
+               "  int bar{ 0 };\n"
+               "  return 0;\n"
+               "}() };",
+               BracedAlign);
 }
 
 TEST_F(FormatTest, AlignWithLineBreaks) {