diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantCheckCastElimination.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantCheckCastElimination.kt
index bef06c321e7..66a01e83fa7 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantCheckCastElimination.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantCheckCastElimination.kt
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.inline.ReifiedTypeInliner
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.common.OptimizationBasicInterpreter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.fixStack.top
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.nullCheck.popReferenceValueBefore
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.transformer.MethodTransformer
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.AsmTypes
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.cast
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Type
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.tree.*
@@ -44,6 +41,10 @@ class RedundantCheckCastEliminationMethodTransformer : MethodTransformer() {
                 val insnType = Type.getObjectType(insn.desc)
                 if (!isTrivialSubtype(insnType, valueType)) continue
 
+                //Keep casts to multiarray types cause dex doesn't recognize ANEWARRAY [Ljava/lang/Object; as Object [][], but Object [] type
+                //It's not clear is it bug in dex or not and maybe best to distinguish such types from MULTINEWARRRAY ones in method analyzer
+                if (isMultiArrayType(insnType)) continue
+
                 if (insn.opcode == Opcodes.CHECKCAST) {
                     redundantCheckCasts.add(insn)
                 }
@@ -57,4 +58,6 @@ class RedundantCheckCastEliminationMethodTransformer : MethodTransformer() {
 
     private fun isTrivialSubtype(superType: Type, subType: Type) =
             superType == subType
+
+    private fun isMultiArrayType(type: Type) = type.sort == Type.ARRAY && type.dimensions != 1
 }
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