diff --git a/OMCompiler/Compiler/NFFrontEnd/NFFlatten.mo b/OMCompiler/Compiler/NFFrontEnd/NFFlatten.mo
index 1736b02646..006a93c4f7 100644
--- a/OMCompiler/Compiler/NFFrontEnd/NFFlatten.mo
+++ b/OMCompiler/Compiler/NFFrontEnd/NFFlatten.mo
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ algorithm
       then ComponentType.RECORD;
     case Type.COMPLEX() then ComponentType.COMPLEX;
     case Type.ARRAY()   then getComponentType(ty.elementType, settings);
-                        else ComponentType.NORMAL;
+    else ComponentType.NORMAL;
   end match;
 end getComponentType;
 
@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@ algorithm
   // variability, and scalarization is enabled, move the binding into an equation.
   // This avoids having to scalarize the binding.
   if not settings.nfAPI and settings.scalarize then
-    if Type.isArray(ty) and Binding.isBound(binding) and var >= Variability.DISCRETE then
+    if var >= Variability.DISCRETE and Type.isArray(ty) and
+       not Type.isExternalObject(Type.arrayElementType(ty)) and Binding.isBound(binding) then
       name := ComponentRef.prefixCref(comp_node, ty, {}, Prefix.prefix(prefix));
       eq := Equation.ARRAY_EQUALITY(Expression.CREF(ty, name), Binding.getTypedExp(binding), ty,
         InstNode.EMPTY_NODE(), ElementSource.createElementSource(info));
diff --git a/testsuite/flattening/modelica/scodeinst/ExternalObject6.mo b/testsuite/flattening/modelica/scodeinst/ExternalObject6.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76768d89f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/flattening/modelica/scodeinst/ExternalObject6.mo
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// name: ExternalObject6
+// keywords:
+// status: correct
+// cflags: -d=newInst
+//
+//
+
+model ExternalObject6
+  class EO
+    extends ExternalObject;
+
+    function constructor
+      output EO e;
+      external "C" e = init();
+    end constructor;
+
+    function destructor
+      input EO e;
+      external "C" deinit(e);
+    end destructor;
+  end EO;
+
+  parameter Integer N = 2;
+  EO e[N] = {EO() for i in 1:N};
+end ExternalObject6;
+
+// Result:
+// impure function ExternalObject6.EO.constructor
+//   output ExternalObject6.EO e;
+//
+//   external "C" e = init();
+// end ExternalObject6.EO.constructor;
+//
+// impure function ExternalObject6.EO.destructor
+//   input ExternalObject6.EO e;
+//
+//   external "C" deinit(e);
+// end ExternalObject6.EO.destructor;
+//
+// class ExternalObject6
+//   final parameter Integer N = 2;
+//   ExternalObject6.EO e[1] = ExternalObject6.EO.constructor();
+//   ExternalObject6.EO e[2] = ExternalObject6.EO.constructor();
+// end ExternalObject6;
+// endResult
diff --git a/testsuite/flattening/modelica/scodeinst/Makefile b/testsuite/flattening/modelica/scodeinst/Makefile
index 82efab78aa..c5cf2c4f9d 100644
--- a/testsuite/flattening/modelica/scodeinst/Makefile
+++ b/testsuite/flattening/modelica/scodeinst/Makefile
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ ExternalObject2.mo \
 ExternalObject3.mo \
 ExternalObject4.mo \
 ExternalObject5.mo \
+ExternalObject6.mo \
 ExternalObjectInvalidElement1.mo \
 ExternalObjectInvalidStructor1.mo \
 ExternalObjectMissingStructor1.mo \