diff --git a/src/visitor.rs b/src/visitor.rs
index 6048084c8da..52a1287468e 100644
--- a/src/visitor.rs
+++ b/src/visitor.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ impl<'b, 'a: 'b> FmtVisitor<'a> {
     fn visit_stmt(&mut self, stmt: &Stmt<'_>, include_empty_semi: bool) {
         debug!("visit_stmt: {}", self.psess.span_to_debug_info(stmt.span()));
 
+        // Preserve original source snippet if the statement isn't in the selected file lines.
+        if out_of_file_lines_range!(self, stmt.span()) {
+            let stmt_span = source!(self, stmt.span());
+            self.push_str(self.snippet(mk_sp(self.last_pos, stmt_span.hi())));
+            self.last_pos = stmt_span.hi();
+            return;
+        }
+
         if stmt.is_empty() {
             // If the statement is empty, just skip over it. Before that, make sure any comment
             // snippet preceding the semicolon is picked up.
diff --git a/tests/source/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs b/tests/source/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..050fbb9c525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/source/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// rustfmt-file_lines: [{"file":"tests/source/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs","range":[5,5]}]
+
+fn main() {
+;
+println!("b");
+;
+}
diff --git a/tests/source/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs b/tests/source/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e677f842bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/source/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// rustfmt-file_lines: [{"file":"tests/source/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs","range":[5,5]}]
+
+fn main() {
+println!("a");
+println!("b");
+println!("c");
+}
diff --git a/tests/target/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs b/tests/target/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b67340f5bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/target/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// rustfmt-file_lines: [{"file":"tests/source/issue-6863/empty-stmt.rs","range":[5,5]}]
+
+fn main() {
+;
+    println!("b");
+;
+}
diff --git a/tests/target/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs b/tests/target/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82ed6dc37c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/target/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// rustfmt-file_lines: [{"file":"tests/source/issue-6863/fn-stmts.rs","range":[5,5]}]
+
+fn main() {
+println!("a");
+    println!("b");
+println!("c");
+}