diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java
index 7c345d1c76d..10307745227 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  *
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.0
  */
 final class ArrayToArrayConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ final class ArrayToArrayConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {
 	public Object convert(@Nullable Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (this.conversionService instanceof GenericConversionService genericConversionService) {
 			TypeDescriptor targetElement = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
-			if (targetElement != null && genericConversionService.canBypassConvert(
-					sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor(), targetElement)) {
+			if (targetElement != null && targetType.getType().isInstance(source) &&
+					genericConversionService.canBypassConvert(sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor(), targetElement)) {
 				return source;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java
index 6a90a8f4cf8..546e0914593 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
@@ -640,8 +639,7 @@ class DefaultConversionServiceTests {
 		assertThat(result).containsExactly(1, 2, 3);
 	}
 
-	@Disabled("Primitive array to Object[] conversion is not currently supported")
-	@Test
+	@Test  // gh-33212
 	void convertIntArrayToObjectArray() {
 		Object[] result = conversionService.convert(new int[] {1, 2}, Object[].class);
 		assertThat(result).containsExactly(1, 2);