diff --git a/src/expr.rs b/src/expr.rs
index cf0fa0af96..fbab681474 100644
--- a/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/expr.rs
@@ -1727,7 +1727,10 @@ pub(crate) mod parsing {
             || input.peek(Token![move])
         {
             expr_closure(input, allow_struct).map(Expr::Closure)
-        } else if input.peek(Token![for]) && input.peek2(Token![<]) && input.peek3(Lifetime) {
+        } else if input.peek(Token![for])
+            && input.peek2(Token![<])
+            && (input.peek3(Lifetime) || input.peek3(Token![>]))
+        {
             let begin = input.fork();
             input.parse::<BoundLifetimes>()?;
             expr_closure(input, allow_struct)?;
@@ -2010,7 +2013,9 @@ pub(crate) mod parsing {
             Expr::If(input.parse()?)
         } else if input.peek(Token![while]) {
             Expr::While(input.parse()?)
-        } else if input.peek(Token![for]) {
+        } else if input.peek(Token![for])
+            && !(input.peek2(Token![<]) && (input.peek3(Lifetime) || input.peek3(Token![>])))
+        {
             Expr::ForLoop(input.parse()?)
         } else if input.peek(Token![loop]) {
             Expr::Loop(input.parse()?)
diff --git a/tests/repo/mod.rs b/tests/repo/mod.rs
index 01a8bade54..a584f6b867 100644
--- a/tests/repo/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/repo/mod.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ const REVISION: &str = "98ad6a5519651af36e246c0335c964dd52c554ba";
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 static EXCLUDE_FILES: &[&str] = &[
-    // TODO: for<> closures with empty lifetime list
-    "src/tools/rustfmt/tests/source/closure.rs",
-    "src/tools/rustfmt/tests/target/closure.rs",
-
     // TODO: dyn*
     "src/test/ui/dyn-star/const.rs",
     "src/test/ui/dyn-star/drop.rs",