diff --git a/base/pointer.jl b/base/pointer.jl
index 86513c076ade6..2f67c8a6757cb 100644
--- a/base/pointer.jl
+++ b/base/pointer.jl
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{Int8}}, s::String) = ccall(:jl_string_ptr, Ptr{Int8},
 
 cconvert(::Type{<:Ptr}, a::Array) = getfield(a, :ref)
 unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{S}}, a::AbstractArray{T}) where {S,T} = convert(Ptr{S}, unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, a))
+unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, a::Array{T}) where {T} = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, a.ref)
 unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, a::AbstractArray{T}) where {T} = error("conversion to pointer not defined for $(typeof(a))")
 # TODO: add this deprecation to give a better error:
 # cconvert(::Type{<:Ptr}, a::AbstractArray) = error("conversion to pointer not defined for $(typeof(a))")
diff --git a/test/core.jl b/test/core.jl
index aa16380c8a866..0eca2251cd146 100644
--- a/test/core.jl
+++ b/test/core.jl
@@ -8127,3 +8127,5 @@ let M = @__MODULE__
     @test Core.set_binding_type!(M, :a_typed_global) === nothing
     @test Core.get_binding_type(M, :a_typed_global) === Tuple{Union{Integer,Nothing}}
 end
+
+@test Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{Int}, [1]) !== C_NULL