diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/builtin.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/builtin.go
index 5c924a90c5..786c31313c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/builtin.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/builtin.go
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ func walkClear(n *ir.UnaryExpr) ir.Node {
 	typ := n.X.Type()
 	switch {
 	case typ.IsSlice():
-		return arrayClear(n.X.Pos(), n.X, nil)
+		if n := arrayClear(n.X.Pos(), n.X, nil); n != nil {
+			return n
+		}
+		// If n == nil, we are clearing an array which takes zero memory, do nothing.
+		return ir.NewBlockStmt(n.Pos(), nil)
 	case typ.IsMap():
 		return mapClear(n.X, reflectdata.TypePtrAt(n.X.Pos(), n.X.Type()))
 	}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue61127.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue61127.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8ee5c5ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue61127.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// compile
+
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+var V = []struct{}{}
+
+func main() {
+	clear(V)
+}