diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/ILPretty/Issue3729.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/ILPretty/Issue3729.cs
index 4ac1684c3..146cba9fb 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/ILPretty/Issue3729.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/ILPretty/Issue3729.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests.TestCases.ILPretty
 		public void TestArrayElemCtor()
 		{
 			//IL_000f: Unknown result type (might be due to invalid IL or missing references)
-			MyStruct[] array = (MyStruct[])(object)new MyStruct[1] {
+			MyStruct[] array = new MyStruct[1] {
 				new MyStruct(7)
 			};
 		}
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/Implementation/UnknownType.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/Implementation/UnknownType.cs
index a39dcd695..eab3cd464 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/Implementation/UnknownType.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/Implementation/UnknownType.cs
@@ -117,6 +117,22 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem.Implementation
 				return new NullabilityAnnotatedType(this, nullability);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Returns this type without the knowledge whether it is a reference type.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <remarks>
+		/// Whether an unresolvable type is a reference type is not a property of the type, but of
+		/// the metadata that mentioned it: a signature spelling it `valuetype T` yields false, a
+		/// bare TypeRef yields null. Two such spellings of the same missing type must still compare
+		/// equal after type erasure, so NormalizeTypeVisitor drops the flag before comparing.
+		/// </remarks>
+		internal UnknownType WithoutReferenceTypeKnowledge()
+		{
+			if (isReferenceType == null)
+				return this;
+			return new UnknownType(fullTypeName);
+		}
+
 		public override int GetHashCode()
 		{
 			return (namespaceKnown ? 812571 : 12651) ^ fullTypeName.GetHashCode();
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/NormalizeTypeVisitor.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/NormalizeTypeVisitor.cs
index 7df9c4871..a1eafe028 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/NormalizeTypeVisitor.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/NormalizeTypeVisitor.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem
 			}
 		}
 
+		public override IType VisitOtherType(IType type)
+		{
+			if (type is UnknownType unknownType)
+				return unknownType.WithoutReferenceTypeKnowledge();
+			return base.VisitOtherType(type);
+		}
+
 		public override IType VisitTypeDefinition(ITypeDefinition type)
 		{
 			switch (type.KnownTypeCode)