diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeCreator.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeCreator.scala
index 3dc2ee03a86e3..047b80ac5289c 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeCreator.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeCreator.scala
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ private [sql] object GenArrayData {
       val assignmentString = ctx.splitExpressionsWithCurrentInputs(
         expressions = assignments,
         funcName = "apply",
-        extraArguments = ("Object[]", arrayDataName) :: Nil)
+        extraArguments = ("Object[]", arrayName) :: Nil)
 
       (s"Object[] $arrayName = new Object[$numElements];",
        assignmentString,
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/complexTypesSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/complexTypesSuite.scala
index 0d11958876ce9..de544ac314789 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/complexTypesSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/complexTypesSuite.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.CodegenContext
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.PlanTest
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LocalRelation, LogicalPlan, Range}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.GenericArrayData
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 /**
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 * i.e. {{{create_named_struct(square, `x` * `x`).square}}} can be simplified to {{{`x` * `x`}}}.
 * sam applies to create_array and create_map
 */
-class ComplexTypesSuite extends PlanTest{
+class ComplexTypesSuite extends PlanTest with ExpressionEvalHelper {
 
   object Optimizer extends RuleExecutor[LogicalPlan] {
     val batches =
@@ -171,6 +172,11 @@ class ComplexTypesSuite extends PlanTest{
     assert(ctx.inlinedMutableStates.length == 0)
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-23208: Test code splitting for create array related methods") {
+    val inputs = (1 to 2500).map(x => Literal(s"l_$x"))
+    checkEvaluation(CreateArray(inputs), new GenericArrayData(inputs.map(_.eval())))
+  }
+
   test("simplify map ops") {
     val rel = relation
       .select(