diff --git a/src/patterns.rs b/src/patterns.rs
index 33f3b4b8a21..8504999b8ff 100644
--- a/src/patterns.rs
+++ b/src/patterns.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ pub(crate) fn is_short_pattern(pat: &ast::Pat, pat_str: &str) -> bool {
 
 fn is_short_pattern_inner(pat: &ast::Pat) -> bool {
     match pat.kind {
-        ast::PatKind::Rest | ast::PatKind::Wild | ast::PatKind::Lit(_) => true,
+        ast::PatKind::Rest | ast::PatKind::Never | ast::PatKind::Wild | ast::PatKind::Lit(_) => {
+            true
+        }
         ast::PatKind::Ident(_, _, ref pat) => pat.is_none(),
         ast::PatKind::Struct(..)
         | ast::PatKind::MacCall(..)
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ fn rewrite(&self, context: &RewriteContext<'_>, shape: Shape) -> Option<String>
                     None
                 }
             }
+            PatKind::Never => None,
             PatKind::Range(ref lhs, ref rhs, ref end_kind) => {
                 let infix = match end_kind.node {
                     RangeEnd::Included(RangeSyntax::DotDotDot) => "...",