diff --git a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistUnexpectedReturnValueXHPASTLinterRule.php
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
               continue;
             }
 
+            if ($this->isInAnonymousFunction($return)) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
             $this->raiseLintAtNode(
               $return,
               pht(
@@ -45,4 +49,15 @@
     }
   }
 
+  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
--- /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;
+    };
+  }
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~