diff --git a/lib/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.cpp b/lib/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.cpp
index a4888a218fae..cf80829bf1a5 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.cpp
@@ -4147,6 +4147,10 @@ void AtenCatOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
       if (!operandTy || !operandTy.hasSizes())
         return failure();
       int64_t adim = dim < 0 ? dim + operandTy.getSizes().size() : dim;
+      bool is1DEmptyTensor =
+          operandTy.getSizes().size() == 1 && operandTy.getSizes()[0] == 0;
+      if (is1DEmptyTensor)
+        continue;
       if (operandTy.getSizes()[adim] != 0)
         filtered.push_back(operand);
     }
diff --git a/test/Dialect/Torch/canonicalize.mlir b/test/Dialect/Torch/canonicalize.mlir
index 48092b71a875..57bdc3db6555 100644
--- a/test/Dialect/Torch/canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/test/Dialect/Torch/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -3242,6 +3242,16 @@ func.func @aten_cat_zero(%arg0 : !torch.vtensor<[4,5,6],f32>, %arg1 : !torch.vte
 
 // -----
 
+// CHECK-LABEL: @aten_cat_empty
+func.func @aten_cat_empty(%arg0 : !torch.vtensor<[4,5,6],f32>, %arg1 : !torch.vtensor<[0],f32>) -> !torch.vtensor<[4,5,6],f32> {
+  // CHECK: return %arg0 : !torch.vtensor<[4,5,6],f32>
+  %list = torch.prim.ListConstruct %arg0, %arg1 : (!torch.vtensor<[4,5,6],f32>, !torch.vtensor<[0],f32>) -> !torch.list<vtensor>
+  %dim = torch.constant.int -2
+  %0 = torch.aten.cat %list, %dim : !torch.list<vtensor>, !torch.int -> !torch.vtensor<[4,5,6],f32>
+  return %0 : !torch.vtensor<[4,5,6],f32>
+}
+// -----
+
 // CHECK-LABEL: @aten_tensor_scalar_lt
 func.func @aten_tensor_scalar_lt() -> (!torch.vtensor<[4],i1>, !torch.vtensor<[4],i1>) {
   // CHECK: %[[CST:.+]] = torch.vtensor.literal(dense<true> : tensor<4xi1>) : !torch.vtensor<[4],i1>