diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
index a3379ad7aab..576d715510d 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
@@ -324,10 +324,13 @@ characters of the current line."
           ;; If the start of the previous sibling isn't at the
           ;; beginning of a line, something's probably not quite
           ;; right, go a step further. (E.g., comment after a
-          ;; statement.)
+          ;; statement.)  If the previous sibling is the first named
+          ;; node then anchor to that, e.g. when returning an aggregate
+          ;; and starting the items on the same line as {.
           (_ (goto-char (treesit-node-start prev-sibling))
-             (if (looking-back (rx bol (* whitespace))
-                               (line-beginning-position))
+             (if (or (looking-back (rx bol (* whitespace))
+                                   (line-beginning-position)))
+                     (null (treesit-node-prev-sibling prev-sibling t))
                  (setq continue nil)
                (setq prev-sibling
                      (treesit-node-prev-sibling prev-sibling)))))))
diff --git a/test/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode-resources/indent.erts b/test/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode-resources/indent.erts
index 599173832b5..a13a74cf8b3 100644
--- a/test/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode-resources/indent.erts
+++ b/test/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode-resources/indent.erts
@@ -208,6 +208,21 @@ int main()
 }
 =-=-=
 
+Name: Return Compund Literal
+
+=-=
+struct pair { int fst, snd; };
+struct pair
+make_pair(int long_identifier_a[], int long_identifier_b[],
+	  int offset_a, int offset_b)
+{
+  int base_offset = 10;
+  return (struct pair) { long_identifier_a[base_offset + offset_b],
+                         long_identifier_b[base_offset + offset_b] };
+}
+
+=-=-=
+
 Name: Switch-Case statement
 
 =-=
@@ -486,6 +501,30 @@ namespace A {
 }
 =-=-=
 
+Name: Return Aggregate Initialized Struct
+
+=-=
+struct pair { int x, y; }
+pair
+make_pair(int long_identifier_a[], int long_identifier_b[],
+          int offset_a, int offset_b)
+{
+  int base_offset = 10;
+  return { long_identifier_a[base_offset + offset_b],
+       long_identifier_b[base_offset + offset_b] };
+}
+=-=
+struct pair { int x, y; }
+pair
+make_pair(int long_identifier_a[], int long_identifier_b[],
+          int offset_a, int offset_b)
+{
+  int base_offset = 10;
+  return { long_identifier_a[base_offset + offset_b],
+           long_identifier_b[base_offset + offset_b] };
+}
+=-=-=
+
 Code:
   (lambda ()
     (c-ts-mode)