diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs
index 7123c4d5e60d5..d03e83ae67e6d 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,14 @@ where
     S: StringArrayType<'a>,
 {
     let (regex_scalar, is_regex_scalar) = if is_regex_scalar || regex_array.len() == 1 {
-        (Some(regex_array.value(0)), true)
+        (
+            if regex_array.is_null(0) {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(regex_array.value(0))
+            },
+            true,
+        )
     } else {
         (None, false)
     };
@@ -300,7 +307,7 @@ where
     match (is_regex_scalar, is_start_scalar, is_flags_scalar) {
         (true, true, true) => {
             let regex = match regex_scalar {
-                None | Some("") => {
+                None => {
                     return Ok(Arc::new(Int64Array::from(vec![0; values.len()])));
                 }
                 Some(regex) => regex,
@@ -317,7 +324,7 @@ where
         }
         (true, true, false) => {
             let regex = match regex_scalar {
-                None | Some("") => {
+                None => {
                     return Ok(Arc::new(Int64Array::from(vec![0; values.len()])));
                 }
                 Some(regex) => regex,
@@ -346,7 +353,7 @@ where
         }
         (true, false, true) => {
             let regex = match regex_scalar {
-                None | Some("") => {
+                None => {
                     return Ok(Arc::new(Int64Array::from(vec![0; values.len()])));
                 }
                 Some(regex) => regex,
@@ -366,7 +373,7 @@ where
         }
         (true, false, false) => {
             let regex = match regex_scalar {
-                None | Some("") => {
+                None => {
                     return Ok(Arc::new(Int64Array::from(vec![0; values.len()])));
                 }
                 Some(regex) => regex,
@@ -411,7 +418,7 @@ where
                     .zip(regex_array.iter())
                     .map(|(value, regex)| {
                         let regex = match regex {
-                            None | Some("") => return Ok(0),
+                            None => return Ok(0),
                             Some(regex) => regex,
                         };
 
@@ -447,7 +454,7 @@ where
                 izip!(values.iter(), regex_array.iter(), flags_array.iter())
                     .map(|(value, regex, flags)| {
                         let regex = match regex {
-                            None | Some("") => return Ok(0),
+                            None => return Ok(0),
                             Some(regex) => regex,
                         };
 
@@ -481,7 +488,7 @@ where
                 izip!(values.iter(), regex_array.iter(), start_array.iter())
                     .map(|(value, regex, start)| {
                         let regex = match regex {
-                            None | Some("") => return Ok(0),
+                            None => return Ok(0),
                             Some(regex) => regex,
                         };
 
@@ -531,7 +538,7 @@ where
                 )
                 .map(|(value, regex, start, flags)| {
                     let regex = match regex {
-                        None | Some("") => return Ok(0),
+                        None => return Ok(0),
                         Some(regex) => regex,
                     };
 
@@ -590,6 +597,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_regexp_count() {
         test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_scalar();
         test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_scalar_start();
+        test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_scalar_empty_pattern();
         test_case_insensitive_regexp_count_scalar_flags();
         test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_start_scalar_complex();
 
@@ -719,6 +727,61 @@ mod tests {
         });
     }
 
+    fn test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_scalar_empty_pattern() {
+        let values = ["abc", "abc", ""];
+        let regex = "";
+        let start = [1, 4, 1];
+        let expected: Vec<i64> = vec![4, 1, 0];
+
+        izip!(values.iter(), start.iter())
+            .enumerate()
+            .for_each(|(pos, (&v, &s))| {
+                let expected = expected.get(pos).cloned();
+
+                let v_sv = ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(v.to_string()));
+                let regex_sv = ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(regex.to_string()));
+                let start_sv = ScalarValue::Int64(Some(s));
+                let re =
+                    regexp_count_with_scalar_values(&[v_sv, regex_sv, start_sv.clone()]);
+                match re {
+                    Ok(ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Int64(v))) => {
+                        assert_eq!(
+                            v, expected,
+                            "regexp_count scalar empty-pattern test failed"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    _ => panic!("Unexpected result"),
+                }
+
+                let v_sv = ScalarValue::LargeUtf8(Some(v.to_string()));
+                let regex_sv = ScalarValue::LargeUtf8(Some(regex.to_string()));
+                let re =
+                    regexp_count_with_scalar_values(&[v_sv, regex_sv, start_sv.clone()]);
+                match re {
+                    Ok(ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Int64(v))) => {
+                        assert_eq!(
+                            v, expected,
+                            "regexp_count scalar empty-pattern test failed"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    _ => panic!("Unexpected result"),
+                }
+
+                let v_sv = ScalarValue::Utf8View(Some(v.to_string()));
+                let regex_sv = ScalarValue::Utf8View(Some(regex.to_string()));
+                let re = regexp_count_with_scalar_values(&[v_sv, regex_sv, start_sv]);
+                match re {
+                    Ok(ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Int64(v))) => {
+                        assert_eq!(
+                            v, expected,
+                            "regexp_count scalar empty-pattern test failed"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    _ => panic!("Unexpected result"),
+                }
+            });
+    }
+
     fn test_case_insensitive_regexp_count_scalar_flags() {
         let values = ["", "aabca", "abcabc", "abcAbcab", "abcabcabc"];
         let regex = "abc";
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/regexp/regexp_count.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/regexp/regexp_count.slt
index d842a1ee81dfb..0344b58dd293f 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/regexp/regexp_count.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/regexp/regexp_count.slt
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ SELECT regexp_count('123123123123123', '(12)3');
 ----
 5
 
+query I
+SELECT regexp_count('abc', '');
+----
+4
+
 query I
 SELECT regexp_count('123123123123', '123', 1);
 ----