diff --git a/base/arraymath.jl b/base/arraymath.jl
index 62dc3772e4938..53a7d132a2c0c 100644
--- a/base/arraymath.jl
+++ b/base/arraymath.jl
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ _reverse!(A::AbstractArray{<:Any,N}, ::Colon) where {N} = _reverse!(A, ntuple(id
 _reverse!(A, dim::Integer) = _reverse!(A, (Int(dim),))
 _reverse!(A, dims::NTuple{M,Integer}) where {M} = _reverse!(A, Int.(dims))
 function _reverse!(A::AbstractArray{<:Any,N}, dims::NTuple{M,Int}) where {N,M}
+    dims === () && return A # nothing to reverse
     dimrev = ntuple(k -> k in dims, Val{N}()) # boolean tuple indicating reversed dims
 
     if N < M || M != sum(dimrev)
         throw(ArgumentError("invalid dimensions $dims in reverse!"))
     end
-    M == 0 && return A # nothing to reverse
 
     # swapping loop only needs to traverse ≈half of the array
     halfsz = ntuple(k -> k == dims[1] ? size(A,k) ÷ 2 : size(A,k), Val{N}())
diff --git a/test/arrayops.jl b/test/arrayops.jl
index b2da3eac6386b..d5fba79c47017 100644
--- a/test/arrayops.jl
+++ b/test/arrayops.jl
@@ -1761,6 +1761,12 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "reverse zero dims" begin
+    a = fill(3)
+    @test a == reverse(a)
+    @test a === reverse!(a)
+end
+
 @testset "isdiag, istril, istriu" begin
     # Scalar
     @test isdiag(3)