diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java
index 0164d7e1a03..70cae30761a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java
@@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ public class CodeFormatterVisitor extends CPPASTVisitor {
 		// initializer
 		final IASTExpression newInitializer= node.getNewInitializer();
 		if (newInitializer != null || peekNextToken() == Token.tLPAREN) {
-			formatParenthesizedExpression(newInitializer);
+			formatFunctionCallArguments(newInitializer);
 		}
 		return PROCESS_SKIP;
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java
index 81d7aec5042..8c3aeb2431e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java
@@ -721,4 +721,29 @@ public class CodeFormatterTest extends BaseUITestCase {
 		assertFormatterResult();
 	}
 
+	//void f() {
+	// 	class Object;
+	//	int aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine1;
+	//	int aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine2;
+	//
+	//	myNewFunctionCall1(Object(aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine1, aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine2));
+	//
+	//	myNewFunctionCall2(new Object(aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine1, aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine2));
+	//}
+
+	//void f() {
+	//	class Object;
+	//	int aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine1;
+	//	int aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine2;
+	//
+	//	myNewFunctionCall1(Object(aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine1,
+	//			aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine2));
+	//
+	//	myNewFunctionCall2(new Object(aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine1,
+	//			aVeryLongParameterThatShouldBeInOneLine2));
+	//}
+	public void testLineWrappingOfConstructorCall_Bug237097() throws Exception {
+		assertFormatterResult();
+	}
+
 }