diff --git a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php
index b73ea0a5..10ffda44 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php
@@ -1,48 +1,63 @@
 <?php
 
 final class ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule
   extends ArcanistXHPASTLinterRule {
 
   const ID = 92;
 
   public function getLintName() {
     return pht('Unexpected `%s` Value', 'return');
   }
 
   public function getLintSeverity() {
     return ArcanistLintSeverity::SEVERITY_WARNING;
   }
 
   public function process(XHPASTNode $root) {
     $methods = $root->selectDescendantsOfType('n_METHOD_DECLARATION');
 
     foreach ($methods as $method) {
       $method_name = $method
         ->getChildOfType(2, 'n_STRING')
         ->getConcreteString();
 
       switch (strtolower($method_name)) {
         case '__construct':
         case '__destruct':
           $returns = $method->selectDescendantsOfType('n_RETURN');
 
           foreach ($returns as $return) {
             $return_value = $return->getChildByIndex(0);
 
             if ($return_value->getTypeName() == 'n_EMPTY') {
               continue;
             }
 
+            if ($this->isInAnonymousFunction($return)) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
             $this->raiseLintAtNode(
               $return,
               pht(
                 'Unexpected `%s` value in `%s` method.',
                 'return',
                 $method_name));
           }
           break;
       }
     }
   }
 
+  private function isInAnonymousFunction(XHPASTNode $node) {
+    while ($node) {
+      if ($node->getTypeName() == 'n_FUNCTION_DECLARATION' &&
+          $node->getChildByIndex(2)->getTypeName() == 'n_EMPTY') {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      $node = $node->getParentNode();
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/unexpected-return-value/closure.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/unexpected-return-value/closure.lint-test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65536bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/unexpected-return-value/closure.lint-test
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+class SomeClass {
+  private $closure;
+
+  public function __construct() {
+    $this->closure = function() {
+        return null;
+    };
+  }
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~