diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/CreateMethodDeclarationAction.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/CreateMethodDeclarationAction.cs
index 57e8c28348..b2ff6396c0 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/CreateMethodDeclarationAction.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/CreateMethodDeclarationAction.cs
@@ -291,14 +291,21 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp.Refactoring
 				} else {
 					return char.ToLower(type.Name [0]).ToString();
 				}
+			} else if (node is ArrayCreateExpression) {
+				name = "arr";
 			} else {
 				if (type.Kind == TypeKind.Unknown)
 					return "par";
 				name = GuessNameFromType(type);
 			}
-
-			name = char.ToLower(name [0]) + name.Substring(1);
-			return name;
+			var sb = new StringBuilder ();
+			sb.Append (char.ToLower(name [0]));
+			for (int i = 1; i < name.Length; i++) {
+				var ch = name[i];
+				if (char.IsLetterOrDigit (ch) || ch == '_')
+					sb.Append (ch);
+			}
+			return sb.ToString ();
 		}
 
 		static string GuessNameFromType(IType returnType)
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/DeclareLocalVariableTests.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/DeclareLocalVariableTests.cs
index f1132ff2f4..ac09dfc9ab 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/DeclareLocalVariableTests.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/DeclareLocalVariableTests.cs
@@ -265,5 +265,38 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp.CodeActions
 ", 1);
 		}
 
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Bug 9873 - Declare local creates invalid code for implicitly typed array 
+		/// </summary>
+		[Test()]
+		public void TestBug9873 ()
+		{
+			TestRefactoringContext.UseExplict = true;
+			Test<DeclareLocalVariableAction> (@"class TestClass
+{
+	void DoStuff() 
+	{
+	    foreach (var i in <-new[] { 1, 2, 3 }->) {
+	        Console.WriteLine (i);
+	    }
+	}
+}", 
+			                                  @"class TestClass
+{
+	void DoStuff() 
+	{
+		int[] arr = new[] {
+			1,
+			2,
+			3
+		};
+		foreach (var i in arr) {
+			Console.WriteLine (i);
+		}
+	}
+}");
+		}
+
 	}
 }