diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
index 0171c38bc9c0b..f2329478fbe74 100644
--- a/base/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ Perform a conservative test to check if arrays `A` and `B` might share the same
 By default, this simply checks if either of the arrays reference the same memory
 regions, as identified by their [`Base.dataids`](@ref).
 """
-mightalias(A::AbstractArray, B::AbstractArray) = !isbits(A) && !isbits(B) && !_isdisjoint(dataids(A), dataids(B))
+mightalias(A::AbstractArray, B::AbstractArray) = !isbits(A) && !isbits(B) && !isempty(A) && !isempty(B) && !_isdisjoint(dataids(A), dataids(B))
 mightalias(x, y) = false
 
 _isdisjoint(as::Tuple{}, bs::Tuple{}) = true