diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8127fb50255..dcb8e3949b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 * [#7979](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/7979): Fix "uninitialized constant DidYouMean::SpellChecker" exception. ([@bquorning][])
 * [#8098](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8098): Fix a false positive for `Style/RedundantRegexpCharacterClass` when using interpolations. ([@owst][])
 * [#8150](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/8150): Fix a false positive for `Layout/EmptyLinesAroundAttributeAccessor` when using attribute accessors in `if` ... `else` branches. ([@koic][])
+* [#8179](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8179): Fix an infinite correction loop error for `Layout/MultilineBlockLayout` when missing newline before opening parenthesis `(` for block body. ([@koic][])
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout.rb
index 2b591734c1b..c9f8c8be112 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def autocorrect_arguments(corrector, node)
         end
 
         def autocorrect_body(corrector, node, block_body)
-          first_node = if block_body.begin_type?
+          first_node = if block_body.begin_type? && !block_body.source.start_with?('(')
                          block_body.children.first
                        else
                          block_body
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout_spec.rb
index 2a972c80bf2..4ed60d77881 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/multiline_block_layout_spec.rb
@@ -216,6 +216,24 @@
     RUBY
   end
 
+  it 'registers an offense and corrects for missing newline before opening parenthesis `(` for block body' do
+    expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+      foo do |o| (
+                 ^ Block body expression is on the same line as the block start.
+          bar
+        )
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
+      foo do |o| 
+        (
+          bar
+        )
+      end
+    RUBY
+  end
+
   it 'registers an offense and corrects a line-break within arguments' do
     expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
       test do |x,