diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs b/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs
index 7f5715ef6913..d06183cb52f1 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/formatting.rs
@@ -173,12 +173,19 @@ fn check_else_if(cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, expr: &ast::Expr) {
     }
 }
 
+fn has_unary_equivalent(bin_op: ast::BinOpKind) -> bool {
+    // &, *, -
+    bin_op == ast::BinOpKind::And
+    || bin_op == ast::BinOpKind::Mul
+    || bin_op == ast::BinOpKind::Sub
+}
+
 /// Implementation of the `POSSIBLE_MISSING_COMMA` lint for array
 fn check_array(cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, expr: &ast::Expr) {
     if let ast::ExprKind::Array(ref array) = expr.node {
         for element in array {
             if let ast::ExprKind::Binary(ref op, ref lhs, _) = element.node {
-                if !differing_macro_contexts(lhs.span, op.span) {
+                if has_unary_equivalent(op.node) && !differing_macro_contexts(lhs.span, op.span) {
                     let space_span = lhs.span.between(op.span);
                     if let Some(space_snippet) = snippet_opt(cx, space_span) {
                         let lint_span = lhs.span.with_lo(lhs.span.hi());
diff --git a/tests/ui/formatting.rs b/tests/ui/formatting.rs
index 0dca8c8585b3..88f6e497d12e 100644
--- a/tests/ui/formatting.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/formatting.rs
@@ -112,4 +112,16 @@ fn main() {
         1 + 2, 3 +
         4, 5 + 6,
     ];
+
+    // don't lint for bin op without unary equiv
+    // issue 3244
+    vec![
+        1
+        / 2,
+    ];
+    // issue 3396
+    vec![
+        true
+        | false,
+    ];
 }