diff --git a/lib/schema.js b/lib/schema.js
index 1aac5594522..2504c14059c 100644
--- a/lib/schema.js
+++ b/lib/schema.js
@@ -672,16 +672,17 @@ Schema.prototype.path = function(path, obj) {
     let arrayPath = path;
     let _schemaType = schemaType;
 
-    let toAdd = [];
+    const toAdd = [];
     while (_schemaType.$isMongooseArray) {
       arrayPath = arrayPath + '.$';
 
       // Skip arrays of document arrays
       if (_schemaType.$isMongooseDocumentArray) {
-        toAdd = [];
-        break;
+        _schemaType = _schemaType.$embeddedSchemaType.clone();
+      } else {
+        _schemaType = _schemaType.caster.clone();
       }
-      _schemaType = _schemaType.caster.clone();
+
       _schemaType.path = arrayPath;
       toAdd.push(_schemaType);
     }