diff --git a/src/google/adk/tools/function_tool.py b/src/google/adk/tools/function_tool.py
index 30c1a11..3a168fb 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/tools/function_tool.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/tools/function_tool.py
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ You could retry calling this tool, but it is IMPORTANT for you to provide all th
         or hasattr(self.func, '__call__')
         and inspect.iscoroutinefunction(self.func.__call__)
     ):
-      return await self.func(**args_to_call) or {}
+      return await self.func(**args_to_call)
     else:
-      return self.func(**args_to_call) or {}
+      return self.func(**args_to_call)
 
   # TODO(hangfei): fix call live for function stream.
   async def _call_live(
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tools/test_function_tool.py b/tests/unittests/tools/test_function_tool.py
index 26f37e6..7f04b27 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/tools/test_function_tool.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/tools/test_function_tool.py
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ def function_for_testing_with_4_arg_and_no_tool_context(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4):
   pass
 
 
+def function_returning_none() -> None:
+  """Function for testing with no return value."""
+  return None
+
+
+def function_returning_empty_dict() -> dict[str, str]:
+  """Function for testing with empty dict return value."""
+  return {}
+
+
 def test_init():
   """Test that the FunctionTool is initialized correctly."""
   tool = FunctionTool(function_for_testing_with_no_args)
@@ -94,6 +104,20 @@ def test_init():
   assert tool.func == function_for_testing_with_no_args
 
 
+def test_function_returning_none():
+  """Test that the function returns with None actually returning None."""
+  tool = FunctionTool(function_returning_none)
+  result = await tool.run_async(args={}, tool_context=MagicMock())
+  assert result is None
+
+
+def test_function_returning_empty_dict():
+  """Test that the function returns with empty dict actually returning empty dict."""
+  tool = FunctionTool(function_returning_empty_dict)
+  result = await tool.run_async(args={}, tool_context=MagicMock())
+  assert isinstance(result, dict)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_run_async_with_tool_context_async_func():
   """Test that run_async calls the function with tool_context when tool_context is in signature (async function)."""