diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
index bdbcbe4d081a4..a9431197932dd 100644
--- a/base/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -3656,9 +3656,9 @@ end
 ## 1-d circshift ##
 function circshift!(a::AbstractVector, shift::Integer)
     n = length(a)
-    n == 0 && return
+    n == 0 && return a
     shift = mod(shift, n)
-    shift == 0 && return
+    shift == 0 && return a
     l = lastindex(a)
     reverse!(a, firstindex(a), l-shift)
     reverse!(a, l-shift+1, lastindex(a))
diff --git a/test/arrayops.jl b/test/arrayops.jl
index a07e631e639f9..566dd44b8dcd9 100644
--- a/test/arrayops.jl
+++ b/test/arrayops.jl
@@ -797,6 +797,14 @@ end
     oa = OffsetVector(copy(a), -1)
     @test circshift!(oa, 1) === oa
     @test oa == circshift(OffsetVector(a, -1), 1)
+
+    # 1d circshift! (#53554)
+    a = []
+    @test circshift!(a, 1) === a
+    @test circshift!(a, 1) == []
+    a = [1:5;]
+    @test circshift!(a, 10) === a
+    @test circshift!(a, 10) == 1:5
 end
 
 @testset "circcopy" begin