diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
index 15cb57df9756729c54421c58b47a3e02152778ff..25469fcc2cfd979da30a9c3ef53ba19087e02fac 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
@@ -8349,11 +8349,22 @@ export class TypeScriptLinter extends BaseTypeScriptLinter {
     return lhsPromiseLikeType.typeArguments[0];
   }
 
+  private getVariableDeclarationType(node: ts.Node): string {
+    let typeStr: string = '';
+    const b = ts.findAncestor(node, ts.isVariableDeclaration);
+
+    if (b?.type) {
+      const type = this.tsTypeChecker.getTypeAtLocation(b.type).getNonNullableType();
+      typeStr = this.tsTypeChecker.typeToString(type);
+    }
+    return typeStr;
+  }
+
   private handleArrayTypeImmutable(node: ts.Node, lhsType: ts.Type, rhsType: ts.Type, rhsExpr?: ts.Expression): void {
     if (!this.options.arkts2) {
       return;
     }
-
+    const varDeclType: string = this.getVariableDeclarationType(node);
     const possibleLhsType = this.isExprReturnedFromAsyncFunction(rhsExpr, lhsType);
     if (possibleLhsType) {
       lhsType = possibleLhsType;
@@ -8375,6 +8386,9 @@ export class TypeScriptLinter extends BaseTypeScriptLinter {
     if (possibleLhsTypeStr) {
       lhsTypeStr = possibleLhsTypeStr;
     }
+    if (varDeclType === rhsTypeStr) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     if (lhsTypeStr !== rhsTypeStr) {
       this.incrementCounters(node, FaultID.ArrayTypeImmutable);
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets
index 3c018c68ab24c13ba22459b3696df7c95d28fe6c..9b6a0939f13bf6a7ebc1fa5bd66dff8e87396e54 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ const array20 = originalArray.map((value) => value % 2 === 0 ? true : value * 2)
 let array21: [number, boolean] = array20 as [number, boolean]
 let array22: (number|string)[] = array20 as (number)[] //error
 const array23: (number)[] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+const array24: string[] = [] as string[];
 
 let aaa: number[] = [1]
 let bbb: (number | string)[] = aaa  //error
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json
index 8ef0297136e121f20ea195d5538589891b9259ce..2ce7bb5a1db8eb9343dc88769deef761b3521675 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json
@@ -224,16 +224,6 @@
             "rule": "Array type is immutable in ArkTS1.2 (arkts-array-type-immutable)",
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
-        {
-            "line": 129,
-            "column": 35,
-            "endLine": 129,
-            "endColumn": 62,
-            "problem": "ArrayTypeImmutable",
-            "suggest": "",
-            "rule": "Array type is immutable in ArkTS1.2 (arkts-array-type-immutable)",
-            "severity": "ERROR"
-        },
         {
             "line": 132,
             "column": 5,
@@ -325,9 +315,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 143,
+            "line": 144,
             "column": 5,
-            "endLine": 143,
+            "endLine": 144,
             "endColumn": 35,
             "problem": "ArrayTypeImmutable",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -335,9 +325,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 149,
+            "line": 150,
             "column": 40,
-            "endLine": 149,
+            "endLine": 150,
             "endColumn": 45,
             "problem": "BuiltinNewCtor",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -345,9 +335,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 149,
+            "line": 150,
             "column": 36,
-            "endLine": 149,
+            "endLine": 150,
             "endColumn": 47,
             "problem": "GenericCallNoTypeArgs",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -355,9 +345,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 150,
+            "line": 151,
             "column": 21,
-            "endLine": 150,
+            "endLine": 151,
             "endColumn": 26,
             "problem": "BuiltinNewCtor",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -365,9 +355,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 150,
+            "line": 151,
             "column": 17,
-            "endLine": 150,
+            "endLine": 151,
             "endColumn": 29,
             "problem": "GenericCallNoTypeArgs",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -375,9 +365,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 150,
+            "line": 151,
             "column": 17,
-            "endLine": 150,
+            "endLine": 151,
             "endColumn": 29,
             "problem": "UninitializedArrayElements",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -385,9 +375,9 @@
             "severity": "WARNING"
         },
         {
-            "line": 151,
+            "line": 152,
             "column": 1,
-            "endLine": 151,
+            "endLine": 152,
             "endColumn": 54,
             "problem": "InteropCallReflect",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -395,9 +385,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 151,
+            "line": 152,
             "column": 9,
-            "endLine": 151,
+            "endLine": 152,
             "endColumn": 14,
             "problem": "LimitedStdLibApi",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -405,9 +395,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 155,
+            "line": 156,
             "column": 17,
-            "endLine": 155,
+            "endLine": 156,
             "endColumn": 22,
             "problem": "BuiltinNewCtor",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -415,9 +405,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 156,
+            "line": 157,
             "column": 1,
-            "endLine": 156,
+            "endLine": 157,
             "endColumn": 20,
             "problem": "ArrayTypeImmutable",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -425,9 +415,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 163,
+            "line": 164,
             "column": 43,
-            "endLine": 163,
+            "endLine": 164,
             "endColumn": 54,
             "problem": "ArrayTypeImmutable",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -435,9 +425,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 167,
+            "line": 168,
             "column": 5,
-            "endLine": 167,
+            "endLine": 168,
             "endColumn": 24,
             "problem": "ArrayTypeImmutable",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -445,4 +435,4 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         }
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.json b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.json
index d8f6775c620327300157f3944a39ef32a7656cc6..9e8e19ca60caa4099ded9b3b33deb3f2414a29d4 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.json
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.json
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 151,
+            "line": 152,
             "column": 1,
-            "endLine": 151,
+            "endLine": 152,
             "endColumn": 53,
             "problem": "LimitedStdLibApi",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         },
         {
-            "line": 151,
+            "line": 152,
             "column": 1,
-            "endLine": 151,
+            "endLine": 152,
             "endColumn": 54,
             "problem": "InteropCallReflect",
             "suggest": "",
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@
             "severity": "ERROR"
         }
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}