diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/c/generate/ClassGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/c/generate/ClassGenerator.java
index 7d2b11097..d54fd64c6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/c/generate/ClassGenerator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/c/generate/ClassGenerator.java
@@ -198,11 +198,7 @@ public class ClassGenerator {
 
         @Override
         public void visit(ConstructMultiArrayInstruction insn) {
-            ValueType type = insn.getItemType();
-            for (int i = 0; i < insn.getDimensions().size(); ++i) {
-                type = ValueType.arrayOf(type);
-            }
-            addType(type);
+            addType(insn.getItemType());
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/wasm/generate/WasmGenerationVisitor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/wasm/generate/WasmGenerationVisitor.java
index 50231d419..270d27af1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/wasm/generate/WasmGenerationVisitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/wasm/generate/WasmGenerationVisitor.java
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ class WasmGenerationVisitor implements StatementVisitor, ExprVisitor {
                     WasmInt32Subtype.INT32));
         }
 
-        int classPointer = classGenerator.getClassPointer(ValueType.arrayOf(type));
+        int classPointer = classGenerator.getClassPointer(type);
         String allocName = context.names.forMethod(new MethodReference(Allocator.class, "allocateMultiArray",
                 RuntimeClass.class, Address.class, int.class, RuntimeArray.class));
         WasmCall call = new WasmCall(allocName);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/analysis/ClassInference.java b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/analysis/ClassInference.java
index dd7bfc250..bd3856215 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/analysis/ClassInference.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/analysis/ClassInference.java
@@ -828,11 +828,7 @@ public class ClassInference {
 
         @Override
         public void visit(ConstructMultiArrayInstruction insn) {
-            ValueType type = insn.getItemType();
-            for (int i = 0; i < insn.getDimensions().size(); ++i) {
-                type = ValueType.arrayOf(type);
-            }
-            addType(insn.getReceiver().getIndex(), 0, type.toString());
+            addType(insn.getReceiver().getIndex(), 0, insn.getItemType().toString());
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/util/TypeInferer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/util/TypeInferer.java
index 747fb4d86..a9c59d8b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/util/TypeInferer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/model/util/TypeInferer.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class TypeInferer {
         @Override
         public void createArray(VariableReader receiver, ValueType itemType,
                 List<? extends VariableReader> dimensions) {
-            types[receiver.getIndex()] = convert(ValueType.arrayOf(itemType));
+            types[receiver.getIndex()] = convert(itemType);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java b/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
index 455ac39c7..0d531163c 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,32 @@ public class VMTest {
         assertEquals(int[].class, array[0].getClass());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void longMultiArrayCreated() {
+        long[][] array = new long[3][2];
+        assertEquals(3, array.length);
+        assertEquals(2, array[1].length);
+        assertEquals(2, array[2].length);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
+            assertEquals(2, array[i].length);
+            for (int j = 0; j < array[i].length; ++j) {
+                assertEquals(0, array[i][j]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
+            Arrays.fill(array[i], 0x0123456789ABCDEFL);
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
+            assertEquals(2, array[i].length);
+            for (int j = 0; j < array[i].length; ++j) {
+                assertEquals(0x0123456789ABCDEFL, array[i][j]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void catchExceptionFromLambda() {
         try {