diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantExplicitVariableTypeInspection.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantExplicitVariableTypeInspection.java
index 747e6bb0fbda..b587b5b1685c 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantExplicitVariableTypeInspection.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantExplicitVariableTypeInspection.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2026 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.codeInspection;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.AnnotationTargetUtil;
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.intellij.pom.java.JavaFeature;
 import com.intellij.psi.JavaElementVisitor;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiAnnotation;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiAnonymousClass;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiArrayInitializerExpression;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiClass;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiDeclarationStatement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiDeconstructionList;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public final class RedundantExplicitVariableTypeInspection extends AbstractBaseJ
             return;
           }
           PsiExpression initializer = variable.getInitializer();
-          if (initializer instanceof PsiFunctionalExpression) {
+          if (initializer instanceof PsiFunctionalExpression || initializer instanceof PsiArrayInitializerExpression) {
             return;
           }
           doCheck(variable, (PsiLocalVariable)variable.copy(), typeElement);
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/explicit2var/afterArrayInitializer.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/explicit2var/afterArrayInitializer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fe4c7dba231c..000000000000
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/explicit2var/afterArrayInitializer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// "Replace explicit type with 'var'" "true-preview"
-class Main {
-  {
-      var args = new String[]{"hello, world"};
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/explicit2var/beforeArrayInitializer.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/explicit2var/beforeArrayInitializer.java
index 8c1a93918188..8b262cd45d64 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/explicit2var/beforeArrayInitializer.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/explicit2var/beforeArrayInitializer.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// "Replace explicit type with 'var'" "true-preview"
+// "Replace explicit type with 'var'" "false"
 class Main {
   {
     <caret>String[] args = {"hello, world"};