diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/expressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/expressions.scala
index 273bc6ce27c5..523b53b39d6b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/expressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/expressions.scala
@@ -169,13 +169,16 @@ object ReorderAssociativeOperator extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
 
 /**
  * Optimize IN predicates:
- * 1. Removes literal repetitions.
- * 2. Replaces [[In (value, seq[Literal])]] with optimized version
+ * 1. Converts the predicate to false when the list is empty and
+ *    the value is not nullable.
+ * 2. Removes literal repetitions.
+ * 3. Replaces [[In (value, seq[Literal])]] with optimized version
  *    [[InSet (value, HashSet[Literal])]] which is much faster.
  */
 object OptimizeIn extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
   def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan transform {
     case q: LogicalPlan => q transformExpressionsDown {
+      case In(v, list) if list.isEmpty && !v.nullable => FalseLiteral
       case expr @ In(v, list) if expr.inSetConvertible =>
         val newList = ExpressionSet(list).toSeq
         if (newList.size > SQLConf.get.optimizerInSetConversionThreshold) {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeInSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeInSuite.scala
index eaad1e32a8ab..d7acd139225c 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeInSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeInSuite.scala
@@ -175,4 +175,20 @@ class OptimizeInSuite extends PlanTest {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("OptimizedIn test: In empty list gets transformed to FalseLiteral " +
+    "when value is not nullable") {
+    val originalQuery =
+      testRelation
+        .where(In(Literal("a"), Nil))
+        .analyze
+
+    val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+    val correctAnswer =
+      testRelation
+        .where(Literal(false))
+        .analyze
+
+    comparePlans(optimized, correctAnswer)
+  }
 }