diff --git a/lib/checkstl.cpp b/lib/checkstl.cpp
index 80844b6ad..b3f7f0593 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkstl.cpp
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ void CheckStl::uselessCalls()
             else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(2)->tokAt(-2), ", 0 )"))
                 uselessCallsSubstrError(tok, true);
         } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[{}:;] %var% . empty ( ) ;") && style)
-            uselessCallsEmptyError(tok);
+            uselessCallsEmptyError(tok->next());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 91882b8dd..274a84a2e 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ private:
               "    v.empty();\n"
               "    return v.empty();\n"
               "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1]: (warning) Useless call of function 'empty()'. Did you intend to call 'clear()' instead?\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning) Useless call of function 'empty()'. Did you intend to call 'clear()' instead?\n", errout.str());
     }
 };