diff --git a/Compiler/FrontEnd/Inst.mo b/Compiler/FrontEnd/Inst.mo
index 977ecd822bc..0a24c781173 100644
--- a/Compiler/FrontEnd/Inst.mo
+++ b/Compiler/FrontEnd/Inst.mo
@@ -3672,7 +3672,7 @@ algorithm
         comp = SCode.COMPONENT(name, prefixes, attr, ts, m, comment, cond, info);
         ci_state = ClassInf.trans(ci_state, ClassInf.FOUND_COMPONENT(name));
         cref = ComponentReference.makeCrefIdent(name, DAE.T_UNKNOWN_DEFAULT, {});
-        (cache,_) = PrefixUtil.prefixCref(cache, env, ih, pre, cref);
+        (cache,_) = PrefixUtil.prefixCref(cache, env, ih, pre, cref); /*mahge: todo: remove me*/
 
         // The class definition is fetched from the environment. Then the set of
         // modifications is calculated. The modificions is the result of merging
diff --git a/Compiler/FrontEnd/PrefixUtil.mo b/Compiler/FrontEnd/PrefixUtil.mo
index d70ccf9afcb..4a34f9486c4 100644
--- a/Compiler/FrontEnd/PrefixUtil.mo
+++ b/Compiler/FrontEnd/PrefixUtil.mo
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ algorithm
       DAE.ComponentRef cref,cref_1,cref_2,cref_;
       String i;
       list<DAE.Subscript> s;
+      list<DAE.Dimension> ds;
+      DAE.Type ident_ty;
       Prefix.ComponentPrefix xs;
       Prefix.ClassPrefix cp;
       ClassInf.State ci_state;
@@ -375,16 +377,18 @@ algorithm
 
     case (cache,_,_,Prefix.NOPRE(),SOME(cref)) then (cache,cref);
     case (cache,_,_,Prefix.PREFIX(Prefix.NOCOMPPRE(),_),SOME(cref)) then (cache,cref);
-    case (cache,env,_,Prefix.PREFIX(Prefix.PRE(prefix = i,subscripts = s,next = xs,ci_state=ci_state),cp),NONE())
+    case (cache,env,_,Prefix.PREFIX(Prefix.PRE(prefix = i,dimensions=ds,subscripts = s,next = xs,ci_state=ci_state),cp),NONE())
       equation
-        cref_ = ComponentReference.makeCrefIdent(i,DAE.T_COMPLEX(ci_state, {}, NONE(), DAE.emptyTypeSource),s);
+        ident_ty = Expression.liftArrayLeftList(DAE.T_COMPLEX(ci_state, {}, NONE(), DAE.emptyTypeSource), ds);
+        cref_ = ComponentReference.makeCrefIdent(i,ident_ty,s);
         (cache,cref_1) = prefixToCref2(cache,env,inIH,Prefix.PREFIX(xs,cp), SOME(cref_));
       then
         (cache,cref_1);
-    case (cache,env,_,Prefix.PREFIX(Prefix.PRE(prefix = i,subscripts = s,next = xs,ci_state=ci_state),cp),SOME(cref))
+    case (cache,env,_,Prefix.PREFIX(Prefix.PRE(prefix = i,dimensions=ds,subscripts = s,next = xs,ci_state=ci_state),cp),SOME(cref))
       equation
         (cache,cref) = prefixSubscriptsInCref(cache,env,inIH,inPrefix,cref);
-        cref_2 = ComponentReference.makeCrefQual(i,DAE.T_COMPLEX(ci_state, {}, NONE(), DAE.emptyTypeSource),s,cref);
+        ident_ty = Expression.liftArrayLeftList(DAE.T_COMPLEX(ci_state, {}, NONE(), DAE.emptyTypeSource), ds);
+        cref_2 = ComponentReference.makeCrefQual(i,ident_ty,s,cref);
         (cache,cref_1) = prefixToCref2(cache,env,inIH,Prefix.PREFIX(xs,cp), SOME(cref_2));
       then
         (cache,cref_1);