diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.ts b/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.ts
index 460767d0b638..d1cf322ea269 100644
--- a/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   isForInStatement,
   isForOfStatement,
   isForStatement,
+  isFunctionExpression,
   isIfStatement,
   isIndexedAccessType,
   isIntersectionTypeAnnotation,
@@ -345,6 +346,16 @@ export function Identifier(
   parent: t.Node,
   printStack: Array<t.Node>,
 ): boolean {
+  // 13.15.2 AssignmentExpression RS: Evaluation
+  // (fn) = function () {};
+  if (
+    node.extra?.parenthesized &&
+    isAssignmentExpression(parent, { left: node }) &&
+    (isFunctionExpression(parent.right) || isClassExpression(parent.right)) &&
+    parent.right.id == null
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
   // Non-strict code allows the identifier `let`, but it cannot occur as-is in
   // certain contexts to avoid ambiguity with contextual keyword `let`.
   if (node.name === "let") {
diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/parentheses/identifier-lhs/input.js b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/parentheses/identifier-lhs/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1c118d215b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/parentheses/identifier-lhs/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+var f, g, h;
+(f) = function () {};
+(f) = class {};
+g = function () {};
+g = class {};
+(h) = function noParen() {};
+(h) = class noParen {}
diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/parentheses/identifier-lhs/output.js b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/parentheses/identifier-lhs/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..164de06f999a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/parentheses/identifier-lhs/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+var f, g, h;
+
+(f) = function () {};
+
+(f) = class {};
+
+g = function () {};
+
+g = class {};
+
+h = function noParen() {};
+
+h = class noParen {};
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