diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
   const auto PParentStmtExpr = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("stexpr");
   const auto ParentCompStmt = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CompoundStmt>("parent");
   const auto *ParentCond = getCondition(Result.Nodes, "parent");
+  const auto *ParentReturnStmt = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<ReturnStmt>("parent");
 
   if (const auto *MemberCall =
           Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXMemberCallExpr>("empty")) {
@@ -109,6 +110,9 @@
     if (PParentStmtExpr && ParentCompStmt &&
         ParentCompStmt->body_back() == MemberCall->getExprStmt())
       return;
+    // Skip if it's a return statement
+    if (ParentReturnStmt)
+      return;
 
     SourceLocation MemberLoc = MemberCall->getBeginLoc();
     SourceLocation ReplacementLoc = MemberCall->getExprLoc();
@@ -150,6 +154,8 @@
     if (PParentStmtExpr && ParentCompStmt &&
         ParentCompStmt->body_back() == NonMemberCall->getExprStmt())
       return;
+    if (ParentReturnStmt)
+      return;
 
     SourceLocation NonMemberLoc = NonMemberCall->getExprLoc();
     SourceLocation NonMemberEndLoc = NonMemberCall->getEndLoc();
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/standalone-empty.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/standalone-empty.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/standalone-empty.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/standalone-empty.cpp
@@ -576,3 +576,16 @@
     // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[#@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
   }
 }
+
+bool test_empty_in_return() {
+  {
+    std::vector<int> v;
+    return v.empty();
+    // no-warning
+  }
+  {
+    std::vector<int> v;
+    return std::empty(v);
+    // no-warning
+  }
+}