diff --git a/packages/next/lib/eslint/hasEslintConfiguration.ts b/packages/next/lib/eslint/hasEslintConfiguration.ts
index 113e72926192..6c600f545478 100644
--- a/packages/next/lib/eslint/hasEslintConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/next/lib/eslint/hasEslintConfiguration.ts
@@ -33,12 +33,10 @@ export async function hasEslintConfiguration(
     }
     return { ...configObject, exists: true }
   } else if (packageJsonConfig?.eslintConfig) {
-    if (Object.entries(packageJsonConfig?.eslintConfig).length === 0) {
-      return {
-        ...configObject,
-        emptyPkgJsonConfig: true,
-      }
+    if (Object.keys(packageJsonConfig?.eslintConfig).length) {
+      return { ...configObject, exists: true }
     }
+    return { ...configObject, emptyPkgJsonConfig: true }
   }
   return configObject
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/no-eslint-warn-with-no-eslint-config/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/no-eslint-warn-with-no-eslint-config/index.test.ts
index d24e7755b4ed..ab31e1f3100b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/no-eslint-warn-with-no-eslint-config/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/no-eslint-warn-with-no-eslint-config/index.test.ts
@@ -65,5 +65,23 @@ describe('no-eslint-warn-with-no-eslint-config', () => {
         await next.patchFile('package.json', origPkgJson)
       }
     })
+
+    it('should not warn with eslint config in package.json', async () => {
+      await next.stop()
+      const origPkgJson = await next.readFile('package.json')
+      const pkgJson = JSON.parse(origPkgJson)
+      pkgJson.eslintConfig = { rules: { semi: 'off' } }
+
+      try {
+        await next.patchFile('package.json', JSON.stringify(pkgJson))
+        await next.start()
+
+        expect(next.cliOutput).not.toContain(
+          'No ESLint configuration detected. Run next lint to begin setup'
+        )
+      } finally {
+        await next.patchFile('package.json', origPkgJson)
+      }
+    })
   }
 })