diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
index a5a749bf84..d471271bf2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
@@ -37645,6 +37645,8 @@ public class DSL {
 
         if (t instanceof LegacyConvertedDataType l)
             return new DataTypeProxy(l);
+        else if (t.isArray() && t.getArrayComponentDataType() != SQLDataType.OTHER)
+            return t;
         else if (t != SQLDataType.OTHER)
             return t;
         else
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
index 6fcef7d716..3ed12bf426 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ public class DefaultDataType<T> extends AbstractDataTypeX<T> {
 
         // Recurse for arrays
         if (byte[].class != type && type.isArray()) {
-            return (DataType<T>) getDataType(dialect, type.getComponentType()).getArrayDataType();
+            return (DataType<T>) getDataType(dialect, (Class<T>) type.getComponentType(), fallbackDataType).getArrayDataType();
         }
 
         // Base types are registered statically