diff --git a/sympy/core/sympify.py b/sympy/core/sympify.py
index 74a04d2c3d9b..4589f9c0801f 100644
--- a/sympy/core/sympify.py
+++ b/sympy/core/sympify.py
@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ def sympify(a, locals=None, convert_xor=True, strict=False, rational=False,
     except AttributeError:
         pass
 
+    try:
+        from ..tensor.array import Array
+        return Array(a.flat, a.shape)  # works with e.g. NumPy arrays
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+
     if not isinstance(a, string_types):
         for coerce in (float, int):
             try:
@@ -313,12 +319,6 @@ def sympify(a, locals=None, convert_xor=True, strict=False, rational=False,
     if strict:
         raise SympifyError(a)
 
-    try:
-        from ..tensor.array import Array
-        return Array(a.flat, a.shape)  # works with e.g. NumPy arrays
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
-
     if iterable(a):
         try:
             return type(a)([sympify(x, locals=locals, convert_xor=convert_xor,
diff --git a/sympy/core/tests/test_sympify.py b/sympy/core/tests/test_sympify.py
index ae176ee5f87d..a5f1c73bb3f9 100644
--- a/sympy/core/tests/test_sympify.py
+++ b/sympy/core/tests/test_sympify.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from sympy.core.compatibility import exec_, HAS_GMPY, PY3
 from sympy.sets import FiniteSet, EmptySet
 from sympy.tensor.array.dense_ndim_array import ImmutableDenseNDimArray
+from sympy.tensor.array import Array
 from sympy.external import import_module
 
 import mpmath
@@ -602,3 +603,7 @@ def equal(x, y):
 def test_sympify_rational_numbers_set():
     ans = [Rational(3, 10), Rational(1, 5)]
     assert sympify({'.3', '.2'}, rational=True) == FiniteSet(*ans)
+
+
+def test_issue_13924():
+    assert S(1)*numpy.array([1]) == Array([1])