diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 8caa823346..40d563b84e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -1338,6 +1338,13 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut assign_stmt ast.AssignStmt) {
 	c.expected_type = table.void_type
 }
 
+fn (mut c Checker) check_array_init_para_type(para string, expr ast.Expr, pos token.Position) {
+	sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(c.expr(expr))
+	if sym.kind !in [.int, .any_int] {
+		c.error('array $para needs to be an int', pos)
+	}
+}
+
 pub fn (mut c Checker) array_init(mut array_init ast.ArrayInit) table.Type {
 	// println('checker: array init $array_init.pos.line_nr $c.file.path')
 	mut elem_type := table.void_type
@@ -1345,14 +1352,10 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) array_init(mut array_init ast.ArrayInit) table.Type {
 	if array_init.typ != table.void_type {
 		if array_init.exprs.len == 0 {
 			if array_init.has_cap {
-				if c.expr(array_init.cap_expr) !in [table.int_type, table.any_int_type] {
-					c.error('array cap needs to be an int', array_init.pos)
-				}
+				c.check_array_init_para_type('cap', array_init.cap_expr, array_init.pos)
 			}
 			if array_init.has_len {
-				if c.expr(array_init.len_expr) !in [table.int_type, table.any_int_type] {
-					c.error('array len needs to be an int', array_init.pos)
-				}
+				c.check_array_init_para_type('len', array_init.len_expr, array_init.pos)
 			}
 		}
 		sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(array_init.elem_type)
@@ -1363,16 +1366,6 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) array_init(mut array_init ast.ArrayInit) table.Type {
 	}
 	// a = []
 	if array_init.exprs.len == 0 {
-		if array_init.has_cap {
-			if c.expr(array_init.cap_expr) !in [table.int_type, table.any_int_type] {
-				c.error('array cap needs to be an int', array_init.pos)
-			}
-		}
-		if array_init.has_len {
-			if c.expr(array_init.len_expr) !in [table.int_type, table.any_int_type] {
-				c.error('array len needs to be an int', array_init.pos)
-			}
-		}
 		type_sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(c.expected_type)
 		if type_sym.kind != .array {
 			c.error('array_init: no type specified (maybe: `[]Type{}` instead of `[]`)', array_init.pos)
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/array_init_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/array_init_test.v
index 6306bfd40f..6aa0dea616 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/array_init_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/array_init_test.v
@@ -155,3 +155,17 @@ fn test_array_init_in_struct_field() {
 	println(m)
 	assert m.ar.str() == '[1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2]'
 }
+
+struct Aaa {
+pub mut:
+	a []int
+}
+
+fn test_array_init_cast_type_in_struct_field() {
+	size := u32(5)
+	st := &Aaa{
+		a: []int{len: int(size)}
+	}
+	println(st)
+	assert st.a.str() == '[0, 0, 0, 0, 0]'
+}