diff --git a/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js b/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js
index 19fc4b587..6cbbb7a6d 100644
--- a/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js
+++ b/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ module.exports = {
       context,
       {
         VElement(node) {
-          if (hasInvalidEOF) {
+          if (hasInvalidEOF || node.parent.type === 'VDocumentFragment') {
             return
           }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js b/tests/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js
index c600fdaf1..5589c3da1 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/html-self-closing.js
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ tester.run('html-self-closing', rule, {
     '<template><div a=">test</div></template>',
     '<template><div><!--test</div></template>',
 
+    // Empty top-level tags
+    '<template></template><script></script><docs></docs>',
+
     // https://github.com/vuejs/eslint-plugin-vue/issues/1403
     {
       code: `