diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/YAMLTraits.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/YAMLTraits.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/YAMLTraits.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/YAMLTraits.h
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@
 private:
   void output(StringRef s);
   void outputUpToEndOfLine(StringRef s);
-  void newLineCheck();
+  void newLineCheck(bool EmptySequence = false);
   void outputNewLine();
   void paddedKey(StringRef key);
   void flowKey(StringRef Key);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/YAMLTraits.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/YAMLTraits.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/YAMLTraits.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/YAMLTraits.cpp
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
   // If we did not emit anything, we should explicitly emit an empty sequence
   if (StateStack.back() == inSeqFirstElement) {
     Padding = PaddingBeforeContainer;
-    newLineCheck();
+    newLineCheck(/*EmptySequence=*/true);
     output("[]");
     Padding = "\n";
   }
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
 // if seq in middle, use "- " if firstKey, else use "  "
 //
 
-void Output::newLineCheck() {
+void Output::newLineCheck(bool EmptySequence) {
   if (Padding != "\n") {
     output(Padding);
     Padding = {};
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@
   outputNewLine();
   Padding = {};
 
-  if (StateStack.size() == 0)
+  if (StateStack.size() == 0 || EmptySequence)
     return;
 
   unsigned Indent = StateStack.size() - 1;
@@ -831,7 +831,6 @@
   if (OutputDash) {
     output("- ");
   }
-
 }
 
 void Output::paddedKey(StringRef key) {
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Support/YAMLIOTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/Support/YAMLIOTest.cpp
--- a/llvm/unittests/Support/YAMLIOTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Support/YAMLIOTest.cpp
@@ -2691,12 +2691,23 @@
 }
 
 TEST(YAMLIO, TestEmptySequenceWrite) {
-  FooBarContainer cont;
-  std::string str;
-  llvm::raw_string_ostream OS(str);
-  Output yout(OS);
-  yout << cont;
-  EXPECT_EQ(OS.str(), "---\nfbs:             []\n...\n");
+  {
+    FooBarContainer cont;
+    std::string str;
+    llvm::raw_string_ostream OS(str);
+    Output yout(OS);
+    yout << cont;
+    EXPECT_EQ(OS.str(), "---\nfbs:             []\n...\n");
+  }
+
+  {
+    FooBarSequence seq;
+    std::string str;
+    llvm::raw_string_ostream OS(str);
+    Output yout(OS);
+    yout << seq;
+    EXPECT_EQ(OS.str(), "---\n[]\n...\n");
+  }
 }
 
 static void TestEscaped(llvm::StringRef Input, llvm::StringRef Expected) {