diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentSniff.php b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentSniff.php
index 605d4e7601..62047d0a24 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentSniff.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentSniff.php
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
                     echo "\t* first token on line $line is $type *".PHP_EOL;
                 }
 
+                if ($first === $tokens[$checkToken]['parenthesis_opener']) {
+                    // This is unlikely to be the start of the statement, so look
+                    // back further to find it.
+                    $first--;
+                }
+
                 $prev = $phpcsFile->findStartOfStatement($first);
                 if ($prev !== $first) {
                     // This is not the start of the statement.
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc
index 0571a70ad8..5a6f6734a3 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc
@@ -879,6 +879,12 @@ declare(ticks=1) {
 echo 'foo';
 }
 
+$a =
+    (
+        $b = 1
+    );
+$c = 2;
+
     function foo()
     {
         $foo = array(
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc.fixed b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc.fixed
index bfa96e2664..198aeeb37c 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc.fixed
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.1.inc.fixed
@@ -879,6 +879,12 @@ declare(ticks=1) {
     echo 'foo';
 }
 
+$a =
+    (
+        $b = 1
+    );
+$c = 2;
+
 function foo()
 {
     $foo = array(
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc
index 9b66221113..94d24a7f10 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc
@@ -879,6 +879,12 @@ declare(ticks=1) {
 echo 'foo';
 }
 
+$a =
+	(
+		$b = 1
+	);
+$c = 2;
+
 	function foo()
 	{
 		$foo = array(
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc.fixed b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc.fixed
index 2994520ee7..59f75b5c1c 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc.fixed
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.2.inc.fixed
@@ -879,6 +879,12 @@ declare(ticks=1) {
 	echo 'foo';
 }
 
+$a =
+	(
+		$b = 1
+	);
+$c = 2;
+
 function foo()
 {
 	$foo = array(
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.php b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.php
index 7814474ad5..20a9ef0285 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.php
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ public function getErrorList($testFile='ScopeIndentUnitTest.inc')
                 862 => 1,
                 863 => 1,
                 879 => 1,
-                882 => 1,
-                894 => 1,
-                895 => 1,
-                897 => 1,
-                899 => 1,
+                888 => 1,
+                900 => 1,
+                901 => 1,
+                903 => 1,
+                905 => 1,
                );
 
     }//end getErrorList()
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 886adf1b16..1dbf71837c 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   - Fixed bug #625 : Consider working around T_HASHBANG in HHVM 3.5.x and 3.6.x
     -- Thanks to Kunal Mehta for the patch
   - Fixed bug #694 : Long sniff codes can cause PHP warnings in source report when showing error codes
+  - Fixed bug #704 : ScopeIndent can fail when an opening parenthesis is on a line by itself
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir name="/">