diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala
index c9514eeb7cd4..e5b0b24bdd2f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala
@@ -1013,7 +1013,9 @@ object JavaParsers {
       }
       val unit = atSpan(start) { PackageDef(pkg, buf.toList) }
       accept(EOF)
-      unit
+      unit match
+        case PackageDef(Ident(nme.EMPTY_PACKAGE), Nil) => EmptyTree
+        case _ => unit
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/pos/i13310.java b/tests/pos/i13310.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7553cbc3130c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i13310.java
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// The entire contents of this file is intentionally commented out
+// public class i13310 {}