diff --git a/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js b/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js
index 86e4c650120..d64d37146c7 100644
--- a/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js
+++ b/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ module.exports = {
         function hasNewlineBefore(node) {
             const lineNumNode = node.loc.start.line;
             const lineNumTokenBefore = getLineNumberOfTokenBefore(node);
-
             const commentLines = calcCommentLines(node, lineNumTokenBefore);
 
             return (lineNumNode - lineNumTokenBefore - commentLines) > 1;
@@ -191,7 +190,10 @@ module.exports = {
                         message: "Expected newline before return statement.",
                         fix(fixer) {
                             if (canFix(node)) {
-                                return fixer.insertTextBefore(node, "\n");
+                                const tokenBefore = sourceCode.getTokenBefore(node);
+                                const newlines = node.loc.start.line === tokenBefore.loc.end.line ? "\n\n" : "\n";
+
+                                return fixer.insertTextBefore(node, newlines);
                             }
                             return null;
                         }
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js b/tests/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js
index 931882b3290..d310455a3c1 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/newline-before-return.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ruleTester.run("newline-before-return", rule, {
         {
             code: "function a() {\nvar b; return;\n}",
             errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
-            output: "function a() {\nvar b; \nreturn;\n}"
+            output: "function a() {\nvar b; \n\nreturn;\n}"
         },
         {
             code: "function a() {\nvar b;\nreturn;\n}",
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ ruleTester.run("newline-before-return", rule, {
             errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
             output: "function a() {\nif (b) return b;\nelse if (c) return c;\nelse {\ne();\n\nreturn d;\n}\n}"
         },
+        {
+            code: "function a() {\nif (b) return b;\nelse if (c) return c;\nelse {\ne(); return d;\n}\n}",
+            errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
+            output: "function a() {\nif (b) return b;\nelse if (c) return c;\nelse {\ne(); \n\nreturn d;\n}\n}"
+        },
         {
             code: "function a() {\n while (b) {\nc();\nreturn;\n}\n}",
             errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
@@ -187,11 +192,22 @@ ruleTester.run("newline-before-return", rule, {
             errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
             output: "var a;\n\nreturn;"
         },
+        {
+            code: "var a; return;",
+            parserOptions: { ecmaFeatures: { globalReturn: true } },
+            errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
+            output: "var a; \n\nreturn;"
+        },
         {
             code: "function a() {\n{\n//comment\n}\nreturn\n}",
             errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
             output: "function a() {\n{\n//comment\n}\n\nreturn\n}"
         },
+        {
+            code: "function a() {\n{\n//comment\n} return\n}",
+            errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
+            output: "function a() {\n{\n//comment\n} \n\nreturn\n}"
+        },
         {
             code: "function a() {\nvar c;\nwhile (b) {\n c = d; //comment\n}\nreturn c;\n}",
             errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
@@ -254,6 +270,11 @@ ruleTester.run("newline-before-return", rule, {
             code: "function a() {\nvar b;\nreturn; //comment\n}",
             errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
             output: "function a() {\nvar b;\n\nreturn; //comment\n}"
+        },
+        {
+            code: "function a() {\nvar b; return; //comment\n}",
+            errors: ["Expected newline before return statement."],
+            output: "function a() {\nvar b; \n\nreturn; //comment\n}"
         }
     ]
 });