diff --git a/django/forms/forms.py b/django/forms/forms.py
index 19d5778468a..86f9399001c 100644
--- a/django/forms/forms.py
+++ b/django/forms/forms.py
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ class BaseForm:
         if use_required_attribute is not None:
             self.use_required_attribute = use_required_attribute
 
+        if self.empty_permitted and self.use_required_attribute:
+            raise ValueError(
+                'The empty_permitted and use_required_attribute arguments may '
+                'not both be True.'
+            )
+
         # Initialize form renderer. Use a global default if not specified
         # either as an argument or as self.default_renderer.
         if renderer is None:
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
index 1f883e1a285..b326468d698 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
@@ -2682,7 +2682,7 @@ Good luck picking a username that doesn&#39;t already exist.</p>
         self.assertEqual(form.cleaned_data, {})
 
         # Now let's show what happens when empty_permitted=True and the form is empty.
-        form = SongForm(data, empty_permitted=True)
+        form = SongForm(data, empty_permitted=True, use_required_attribute=False)
         self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
         self.assertEqual(form.errors, {})
         self.assertEqual(form.cleaned_data, {})
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ Good luck picking a username that doesn&#39;t already exist.</p>
         # make sure that when checking for empty_permitted that None is treated
         # accordingly.
         data = {'artist': None, 'song': ''}
-        form = SongForm(data, empty_permitted=True)
+        form = SongForm(data, empty_permitted=True, use_required_attribute=False)
         self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
 
         # However, we *really* need to be sure we are checking for None as any data in
@@ -2709,9 +2709,17 @@ Good luck picking a username that doesn&#39;t already exist.</p>
             qty = IntegerField()
 
         data = {'amount': '0.0', 'qty': ''}
-        form = PriceForm(data, initial={'amount': 0.0}, empty_permitted=True)
+        form = PriceForm(data, initial={'amount': 0.0}, empty_permitted=True, use_required_attribute=False)
         self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
 
+    def test_empty_permitted_and_use_required_attribute(self):
+        msg = (
+            'The empty_permitted and use_required_attribute arguments may not '
+            'both be True.'
+        )
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, msg):
+            Person(empty_permitted=True, use_required_attribute=True)
+
     def test_extracting_hidden_and_visible(self):
         class SongForm(Form):
             token = CharField(widget=HiddenInput)