diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/src/printer.js b/packages/babel-generator/src/printer.js
index 232cf0108d..6ecd82530d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-generator/src/printer.js
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/src/printer.js
@@ -21,23 +21,13 @@ export default class Printer {
   _printedCommentStarts: Object;
   _parenPushNewlineState: ?Object;
 
-  /**
-   * Get the current indent.
-   */
-
-  _getIndent(): string {
-    if (this.format.compact || this.format.concise) {
-      return "";
-    } else {
-      return repeat(this.format.indent.style, this._indent);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Increment indent size.
    */
 
   indent(): void {
+    if (this.format.compact || this.format.concise) return;
+
     this._indent++;
   }
 
@@ -46,6 +36,8 @@ export default class Printer {
    */
 
   dedent(): void {
+    if (this.format.compact || this.format.concise) return;
+
     this._indent--;
   }
 
@@ -189,7 +181,7 @@ export default class Printer {
 
   _maybeIndent(str: string): void {
     // we've got a newline before us so prepend on the indentation
-    if (!this.format.compact && this._indent && this.endsWith("\n") && str[0] !== "\n") {
+    if (this._indent && this.endsWith("\n") && str[0] !== "\n") {
       this._buf.queue(this._getIndent());
     }
   }
@@ -225,6 +217,14 @@ export default class Printer {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the current indent.
+   */
+
+  _getIndent(): string {
+    return repeat(this.format.indent.style, this._indent);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set some state that will be modified if a newline has been inserted before any
    * non-space characters.