diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/StatementRenderer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/StatementRenderer.java
index f34978a08..62f23432f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/StatementRenderer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/StatementRenderer.java
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ public class StatementRenderer implements ExprVisitor, StatementVisitor {
                 }
             } else {
                 writer.append("$rt_createMultiArray(");
-                context.typeToClsString(writer, expr.getType());
+                context.typeToClsString(writer, type);
                 writer.append(",").ws();
             }
             writer.append("[");
diff --git a/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java b/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
index c1b86ed63..455ac39c7 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
@@ -579,4 +579,16 @@ public class VMTest {
             array.wait(1);
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void castMultiArray() {
+        Object o = new String[0][0];
+        assertEquals(0, ((String[][]) o).length);
+        o = new String[0][];
+        assertEquals(0, ((String[][]) o).length);
+        o = new int[0][0];
+        assertEquals(0, ((int[][]) o).length);
+        o = new int[0][];
+        assertEquals(0, ((int[][]) o).length);
+    }
 }
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