diff --git a/lib/syntax_tree/erb/nodes.rb b/lib/syntax_tree/erb/nodes.rb
index 6f671ba..b276631 100644
--- a/lib/syntax_tree/erb/nodes.rb
+++ b/lib/syntax_tree/erb/nodes.rb
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def deconstruct_keys(keys)
 
       # The HTML-closing tag is responsible for new lines after the node.
       def new_line
-        closing&.new_line
+        closing.nil? ? opening.new_line : closing&.new_line
       end
 
       def accept(visitor)
diff --git a/test/html_test.rb b/test/html_test.rb
index f5c351a..561bd99 100644
--- a/test/html_test.rb
+++ b/test/html_test.rb
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ def test_append_newlines
       assert_formatting("<div>What</div>", "<div>What</div>\n")
     end
 
+    def test_self_closing_with_blank_line
+      source =
+        "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\" />\n\n<title>Test</title>\n"
+
+      assert_formatting(source, source)
+    end
+
     def test_tag_with_leading_spaces
       source = "<div>   What</div>"
       expected = "<div>What</div>\n"