diff --git a/stl/inc/vector b/stl/inc/vector
index 9a943420d43..52fef59fc25 100644
--- a/stl/inc/vector
+++ b/stl/inc/vector
@@ -2798,7 +2798,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     _NODISCARD _CONSTEXPR20_CONTAINER bool empty() const noexcept {
-        return size() == 0;
+        return this->_Mysize == 0;
     }
 
     _NODISCARD _CONSTEXPR20_CONTAINER allocator_type get_allocator() const noexcept {
diff --git a/stl/inc/xstring b/stl/inc/xstring
index 9e63cab02b2..36cef22456a 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xstring
+++ b/stl/inc/xstring
@@ -4016,7 +4016,7 @@ public:
 #endif // _HAS_CXX20
 
     _NODISCARD _CONSTEXPR20_CONTAINER bool empty() const noexcept {
-        return size() == 0;
+        return _Mypair._Myval2._Mysize == 0;
     }
 
     _CONSTEXPR20_CONTAINER size_type copy(
diff --git a/stl/inc/xtree b/stl/inc/xtree
index 3d9e6786ee0..12b8d6c7e79 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xtree
+++ b/stl/inc/xtree
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     _NODISCARD bool empty() const noexcept {
-        return size() == 0;
+        return _Get_scary()->_Mysize == 0;
     }
 
     _NODISCARD allocator_type get_allocator() const noexcept {