diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php
index 50f382f959..f35323c006 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureSniff.php
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             if (isset($tokens[$end]['scope_opener']) === true) {
                 $type = $tokens[$end]['code'];
                 $end  = $tokens[$end]['scope_closer'];
-                if ($type === T_DO || $type === T_IF || $type === T_ELSEIF) {
+                if ($type === T_DO || $type === T_IF || $type === T_ELSEIF || $type === T_TRY) {
                     $next = $phpcsFile->findNext(PHP_CodeSniffer_Tokens::$emptyTokens, ($end + 1), null, true);
                     if ($next === false) {
                         break;
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
                     if ($type === T_DO && $nextType === T_WHILE) {
                         $end = $phpcsFile->findNext(T_SEMICOLON, ($next + 1));
                     }
+
+                    // Account for TRY... CATCH statements.
+                    if ($type === T_TRY && $nextType === T_CATCH) {
+                        $end = $tokens[$next]['scope_closer'];
+                    }
                 }//end if
 
                 if ($tokens[$end]['code'] !== T_END_HEREDOC
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc
index 808c396873..bd5ea6b1b4 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc
@@ -186,3 +186,9 @@ if ($a && $a === Foo::VARIABLE && ($a === Foo::METHOD || $a === Foo::FUNCTION))
     echo 'hi';
 
 $out = array_map(function ($test) { if ($test) return 1; else return 2; }, $input); // comment
+
+if (true)
+    try {
+    }
+    catch(Exception $e) {
+    }
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc.fixed b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc.fixed
index c2ed6c2be4..b0498a7f8a 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc.fixed
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc.fixed
@@ -212,3 +212,10 @@ if ($a && $a === Foo::VARIABLE && ($a === Foo::METHOD || $a === Foo::FUNCTION))
 
 $out = array_map(function ($test) { if ($test) { return 1; } else { return 2;
 } }, $input); // comment
+
+if (true) {
+    try {
+    }
+    catch(Exception $e) {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.php b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.php
index 0a9d7ff6ea..c09c8b25c4 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/ControlStructures/InlineControlStructureUnitTest.php
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public function getErrorList($testFile='InlineControlStructureUnitTest.inc')
                     178 => 1,
                     185 => 1,
                     188 => 2,
+                    190 => 1,
                    );
             break;
         case 'InlineControlStructureUnitTest.js':
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 7e3076f548..c6115357a8 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   - Fixed bug #1246 : A mix of USE statements with and without braces can cause the tokenizer to mismatch brace tokens
     -- Thanks to Michał Bundyra for the patch
   - Fixed bug #1252 : Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing fix creates syntax error when joining a number to a string
+  - Fixed bug #1253 : Generic.ControlStructures.InlineControlStructure fix creates syntax error fixing if-try/catch
   - Fixed bug #1257 : Double dash in CSS class name can lead to "Named colours are forbidden" false positives
  </notes>
  <contents>