diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c
index e3f51e9164..5751e0636d 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c
@@ -2497,18 +2497,8 @@ _eina_value_type_array_convert_to(const Eina_Value_Type *type __UNUSED__, const
    const Eina_Value_Array *tmem = type_mem;
    Eina_Bool ret = EINA_FALSE;
 
-   if ((tmem->array) && (tmem->array->len == 1))
-     {
-        const Eina_Value_Type *subtype = tmem->subtype;
-        void *imem = tmem->array->members;
-
-        if (subtype->convert_to)
-          ret = subtype->convert_to(subtype, convert, imem, convert_mem);
-        if ((!ret) && (convert->convert_from))
-          ret = convert->convert_from(convert, subtype, convert_mem, imem);
-     }
-   else if ((convert == EINA_VALUE_TYPE_STRING) ||
-            (convert == EINA_VALUE_TYPE_STRINGSHARE))
+   if ((convert == EINA_VALUE_TYPE_STRING) ||
+       (convert == EINA_VALUE_TYPE_STRINGSHARE))
      {
         Eina_Strbuf *str = eina_strbuf_new();
         if (!tmem->array) eina_strbuf_append(str, "[]");
@@ -2562,6 +2552,16 @@ _eina_value_type_array_convert_to(const Eina_Value_Type *type __UNUSED__, const
              eina_strbuf_free(str);
           }
      }
+   else if ((tmem->array) && (tmem->array->len == 1))
+     {
+        const Eina_Value_Type *subtype = tmem->subtype;
+        void *imem = tmem->array->members;
+
+        if (subtype->convert_to)
+          ret = subtype->convert_to(subtype, convert, imem, convert_mem);
+        if ((!ret) && (convert->convert_from))
+          ret = convert->convert_from(convert, subtype, convert_mem, imem);
+     }
 
    if (!ret)
      {
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_test_value.c b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_test_value.c
index cfa7c712b6..101890b880 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_test_value.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_test_value.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ END_TEST
 
 START_TEST(eina_value_test_array)
 {
-   Eina_Value *value;
+   Eina_Value *value, other;
    char c;
    char buf[1024];
    char *str;
@@ -1063,6 +1063,25 @@ START_TEST(eina_value_test_array)
    fail_unless(strcmp(str, "[Enlightenment.org, X11, Pants, on!!!, k-s]") == 0);
    free(str);
 
+   eina_value_flush(value);
+   fail_unless(eina_value_array_setup(value, EINA_VALUE_TYPE_CHAR, 0));
+   fail_unless(eina_value_setup(&other, EINA_VALUE_TYPE_CHAR));
+
+   fail_unless(eina_value_set(&other, 100));
+   fail_unless(eina_value_get(&other, &c));
+   fail_unless(c == 100);
+
+   fail_unless(eina_value_convert(&other, value));
+   str = eina_value_to_string(value);
+   fail_unless(str != NULL);
+   fail_unless(strcmp(str, "[100]") == 0);
+   free(str);
+
+   fail_unless(eina_value_array_set(value, 0, 33));
+   fail_unless(eina_value_convert(value, &other));
+   fail_unless(eina_value_get(&other, &c));
+   fail_unless(c == 33);
+
    eina_value_free(value);
    eina_shutdown();
 }