diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java
index 359c8a7f6..9c0a61445 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java
@@ -528,18 +528,10 @@ public class InsnDecoder {
 
 	private InsnNode makeNewArray(InsnData insn) {
 		ArgType indexType = ArgType.parse(insn.getIndexAsType());
+		// NEW_ARRAY literal = dimensions to wrap the operand by: 0 if it is already the full array type
+		// (dalvik new-array, java multianewarray), 1 for newarray/anewarray (operand is the element type)
 		int dim = (int) insn.getLiteral();
-		ArgType arrType;
-		if (dim == 0) {
-			arrType = indexType;
-		} else {
-			if (indexType.isArray()) {
-				// java bytecode can pass array as a base type
-				arrType = indexType;
-			} else {
-				arrType = ArgType.array(indexType, dim);
-			}
-		}
+		ArgType arrType = dim == 0 ? indexType : ArgType.array(indexType, dim);
 		int regsCount = insn.getRegsCount();
 		NewArrayNode newArr = new NewArrayNode(arrType, regsCount - 1);
 		newArr.setResult(InsnArg.reg(insn, 0, arrType));
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/arrays/TestNewArrayOfArrays.java b/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/arrays/TestNewArrayOfArrays.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d345586fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/arrays/TestNewArrayOfArrays.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package jadx.tests.integration.arrays;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jadx.tests.api.IntegrationTest;
+
+import static jadx.tests.api.utils.assertj.JadxAssertions.assertThat;
+
+public class TestNewArrayOfArrays extends IntegrationTest {
+
+	public static class TestCls {
+		public static long[][] anewarrayOfArray(int n) {
+			return new long[n][]; // anewarray [J
+		}
+
+		public static String[][] anewarrayOfObjectArray(int n) {
+			return new String[n][]; // anewarray [Ljava/lang/String;
+		}
+
+		public static int[][][] anewarrayDeep(int n) {
+			return new int[n][][]; // anewarray [[I
+		}
+
+		public static int[][] multiAnewarray(int a, int b) {
+			return new int[a][b]; // multianewarray [[I
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() {
+		useJavaInput();
+		assertThat(getClassNode(TestCls.class))
+				.code()
+				.containsOne("new long[n][]")
+				.containsOne("new String[n][]")
+				.containsOne("new int[n][][]")
+				.containsOne("new int[a][b]");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/jadx-plugins/jadx-java-input/src/main/java/jadx/plugins/input/java/data/code/JavaInsnsRegister.java b/jadx-plugins/jadx-java-input/src/main/java/jadx/plugins/input/java/data/code/JavaInsnsRegister.java
index 031bac4c7..26d509e1f 100644
--- a/jadx-plugins/jadx-java-input/src/main/java/jadx/plugins/input/java/data/code/JavaInsnsRegister.java
+++ b/jadx-plugins/jadx-java-input/src/main/java/jadx/plugins/input/java/data/code/JavaInsnsRegister.java
@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ public class JavaInsnsRegister {
 			s.idx(s.u2());
 			int dim = s.u1();
 			JavaInsnData insn = s.insn();
-			insn.setLiteral(dim);
+			// operand is already the full array type (like new-array): literal 0 = no wrapping; the
+			// dimension count is carried by regsCount
+			insn.setLiteral(0);
 			insn.setRegsCount(dim + 1);
 			for (int i = dim; i > 0; i--) {
 				s.pop(i);