diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java
index 5b6fc1a..733792b 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class WasmArrayInstruction extends WasmInstruction {
 
     private final AnyType   type;
 
+    private final TypeManager types;
+
     /**
      * Create an instance of an array operation.
      * 
@@ -50,10 +52,11 @@ class WasmArrayInstruction extends WasmInstruction {
      * @param lineNumber
      *            the line number in the Java source code
      */
-    WasmArrayInstruction( @Nullable ArrayOperator op, @Nullable AnyType type, int javaCodePos, int lineNumber ) {
+    WasmArrayInstruction( @Nullable ArrayOperator op, @Nullable AnyType type, TypeManager types, int javaCodePos, int lineNumber ) {
         super( javaCodePos, lineNumber );
         this.op = op;
         this.type = type;
+        this.types = types;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ class WasmArrayInstruction extends WasmInstruction {
     AnyType getPushValueType() {
         switch( op ) {
             case NEW:
-                return ValueType.anyref;
+                return types.arrayType( type );
             case GET:
                 return type instanceof ValueType ? (ValueType)type : ValueType.anyref;
             case SET:
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java
index a040aa4..d4ed513 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public abstract class WasmCodeBuilder {
      */
     protected void addArrayInstruction( ArrayOperator op, AnyType type, int javaCodePos, int lineNumber ) {
         if( useGC ) {
-            instructions.add( new WasmArrayInstruction( op, type, javaCodePos, lineNumber ) );
+            instructions.add( new WasmArrayInstruction( op, type, types, javaCodePos, lineNumber ) );
         } else {
             try {
                 if( type.getCode() >= 0 ) {