diff --git a/jaxws-ri/runtime/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/spi/db/TypeInfo.java b/jaxws-ri/runtime/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/spi/db/TypeInfo.java
index 941910b51..1a26a2111 100644
--- a/jaxws-ri/runtime/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/spi/db/TypeInfo.java
+++ b/jaxws-ri/runtime/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/spi/db/TypeInfo.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public TypeInfo getItemType() {
             Type componentType = ((Class)type).getComponentType();
             Type genericComponentType = null;
             if (genericType!= null && genericType instanceof GenericArrayType) {
-                GenericArrayType arrayType = (GenericArrayType) type;
+                GenericArrayType arrayType = (GenericArrayType) genericType;
                 genericComponentType = arrayType.getGenericComponentType();
                 componentType = arrayType.getGenericComponentType();
             }