diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc3e9b8565c..312143af6f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 * [#8232](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8232): Fix a false positive for `Layout/EmptyLinesAroundAccessModifier` when `end` immediately after access modifier. ([@koic][])
 * [#7777](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/7777): Fix crash for `Layout/MultilineArrayBraceLayout` when comment is present after last element. ([@shekhar-patil][])
 * [#7776](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/7776): Fix crash for `Layout/MultilineMethodCallBraceLayout` when comment is present before closing braces. ([@shekhar-patil][])
+* [#8282](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8282): Fix `Style/IfUnlessModifier` bad precedence detection. ([@tejasbubane][])
 
 ## 0.87.1 (2020-07-07)
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier.rb
index 96a7b3d9dda..72a1c3e1f7c 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier.rb
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ class IfUnlessModifier < Cop
         MSG_USE_NORMAL =
           'Modifier form of `%<keyword>s` makes the line too long.'
 
-        ASSIGNMENT_TYPES = %i[lvasgn casgn cvasgn
-                              gvasgn ivasgn masgn].freeze
-
         def on_if(node)
           msg = if single_line_as_modifier?(node)
                   MSG_USE_MODIFIER unless named_capture_in_condition?(node)
@@ -155,8 +152,9 @@ def parenthesize?(node)
           # Parenthesize corrected expression if changing to modifier-if form
           # would change the meaning of the parent expression
           # (due to the low operator precedence of modifier-if)
-          return false if node.parent.nil?
-          return true if ASSIGNMENT_TYPES.include?(node.parent.type)
+          parent = node.parent
+          return false if parent.nil?
+          return true if parent.assignment? || parent.operator_keyword?
 
           node.parent.send_type? && !node.parent.parenthesized?
         end
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier_spec.rb
index a9f5ffa0826..5bcb14da619 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/style/if_unless_modifier_spec.rb
@@ -445,6 +445,32 @@ def f
     expect(corrected).to eq "a + (1 if b)\n"
   end
 
+  it 'adds parens in autocorrect when if-end used with `||` operator' do
+    expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+      a || if b
+           ^^ Favor modifier `if` usage when having a single-line body. Another good alternative is the usage of control flow `&&`/`||`.
+        1
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
+      a || (1 if b)
+    RUBY
+  end
+
+  it 'adds parens in autocorrect when if-end used with `&&` operator' do
+    expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+      a && if b
+           ^^ Favor modifier `if` usage when having a single-line body. Another good alternative is the usage of control flow `&&`/`||`.
+        1
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
+      a && (1 if b)
+    RUBY
+  end
+
   it 'accepts if-end when used as LHS of binary arithmetic' do
     expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
       if test