diff --git a/src/structarray.jl b/src/structarray.jl
index 687af61..24ab0fb 100644
--- a/src/structarray.jl
+++ b/src/structarray.jl
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ end
 
 function Base.empty!(s::StructArray)
     foreachfield(empty!, s)
+    return s
 end
 
 function Base.sizehint!(s::StructArray, i::Integer)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 00b5ae4..4484283 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ end
 
 @testset "empty" begin
     s = StructVector(a = [1, 2, 3], b = ["a", "b", "c"])
-    empty!(s)
+    @test empty!(s) === s
     @test isempty(s.a)
     @test isempty(s.b)
 end
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ Base.BroadcastStyle(::Broadcast.ArrayStyle{MyArray2}, S::Broadcast.DefaultArrayS
     @testset "allocation test" begin
         a = StructArray{ComplexF64}(undef, 1)
         sa = StructArray{ComplexF64}((SizedVector{1}(a.re), SizedVector{1}(a.re)))
-        allocated(a) = @allocated  a .+ 1
+        allocated(a) = @allocated  (+).(a, 1) # `@allocated  a .+ 1` is broken on 1.12
         @test allocated(a) == 2allocated(a.re)
         @test allocated(sa) == 2allocated(sa.re)
         allocated2(a) = @allocated a .= complex.(a.im, a.re)