diff --git a/src/fast-path.js b/src/fast-path.js
index 44800b3c4..36e0cc1db 100644
--- a/src/fast-path.js
+++ b/src/fast-path.js
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ FPp.needsParens = function(assumeExpressionContext) {
       if (parent.type === "TaggedTemplateExpression") {
         return true;
       }
+      if (parent.type === "MemberExpression") {
+        return name === "object" && parent.object === node;
+      }
 
     default:
       if (
diff --git a/tests/objects/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/objects/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
index c3fa28ebb..2b8644ba8 100644
--- a/tests/objects/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/objects/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ var z = Object(123);
 exports[`test expression.js 1`] = `
 "() => ({}\`\`);
 ({})\`\`;
+a = () => ({}).x;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 (() => ({})\`\`);
 ({})\`\`;
+a = () => ({}).x;
 "
 `;
 
diff --git a/tests/objects/expression.js b/tests/objects/expression.js
index fd92a69bf..861275eb0 100644
--- a/tests/objects/expression.js
+++ b/tests/objects/expression.js
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 () => ({}``);
 ({})``;
+a = () => ({}).x;
diff --git a/tests/refinements/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/refinements/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
index 249a95d4d..47713d4d6 100644
--- a/tests/refinements/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/refinements/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ let tests = [
     if (x.kind === null.toString()) {
     }
     // error, method on null
-    if ({ kind: 1 }.kind === null.toString()) {
+    if (({ kind: 1 }).kind === null.toString()) {
     } // error, method on null
   },
   // non-objects on LHS