diff --git a/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/errorsas.go b/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/errorsas.go
index 8dcbaaa214..337a61d891 100644
--- a/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/errorsas.go
+++ b/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/errorsas.go
@@ -56,9 +56,13 @@ func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 
 var errorType = types.Universe.Lookup("error").Type().Underlying().(*types.Interface)
 
-// pointerToInterfaceOrError reports whether the type of e is a pointer to an interface or a type implementing error.
+// pointerToInterfaceOrError reports whether the type of e is a pointer to an interface or a type implementing error,
+// or is the empty interface.
 func pointerToInterfaceOrError(pass *analysis.Pass, e ast.Expr) bool {
 	t := pass.TypesInfo.Types[e].Type
+	if it, ok := t.Underlying().(*types.Interface); ok && it.NumMethods() == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
 	pt, ok := t.Underlying().(*types.Pointer)
 	if !ok {
 		return false
diff --git a/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/testdata/src/a/a.go b/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/testdata/src/a/a.go
index f2e4060e72..bebf267988 100644
--- a/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/testdata/src/a/a.go
+++ b/go/analysis/passes/errorsas/testdata/src/a/a.go
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ type iface interface {
 
 func _() {
 	var (
-		e error
-		m myError
-		i int
-		f iface
+		e  error
+		m  myError
+		i  int
+		f  iface
+		ei interface{}
 	)
-	errors.As(nil, &e)
-	errors.As(nil, &m)
-	errors.As(nil, &f)
-	errors.As(nil, perr())
+	errors.As(nil, &e)     // *error
+	errors.As(nil, &m)     // *T where T implemements error
+	errors.As(nil, &f)     // *interface
+	errors.As(nil, perr()) // *error, via a call
+	errors.As(nil, ei)     //  empty interface
 
 	errors.As(nil, nil) // want `second argument to errors.As must be a pointer to an interface or a type implementing error`
 	errors.As(nil, e)   // want `second argument to errors.As must be a pointer to an interface or a type implementing error`