diff --git a/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp b/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp
index d2ee898b3df..77bce73df93 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp
+++ b/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp
@@ -1225,7 +1225,10 @@ class INTERPRETER_CLASS
 					J9Class *destComponentClass = ((J9ArrayClass *)destClazz)->componentType;
 
 					if (J9_IS_J9CLASS_FLATTENED(srcClazz) && J9_IS_J9CLASS_FLATTENED(destClazz) && J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(srcComponentClass->classFlags, J9ClassHasReferences) && J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(destComponentClass->classFlags, J9ClassHasReferences)) {
-						if (srcClazz == destClazz) {
+						if (srcClazz == destClazz
+							|| (J9_IS_J9ARRAYCLASS_NULL_RESTRICTED(srcClazz) && (((J9ArrayClass *)srcClazz)->companionArray == destClazz))
+							|| (J9_IS_J9ARRAYCLASS_NULL_RESTRICTED(destClazz) && (srcClazz == ((J9ArrayClass *)destClazz)->companionArray))
+						) {
 							UDATA elementSize = J9ARRAYCLASS_GET_STRIDE(srcClazz);
 							/* This only works for contiguous flattened arrays, since discontiguous flattened arrays are not supported by GC */
 							VM_ArrayCopyHelpers::primitiveArrayCopy(_currentThread, srcObject, srcStart * elementSize, destObject, destStart * elementSize, elementSize * elementCount, 0);
diff --git a/test/functional/Valhalla/src_qtypes/org/openj9/test/lworld/ValueTypeSystemArraycopyTests.java b/test/functional/Valhalla/src_qtypes/org/openj9/test/lworld/ValueTypeSystemArraycopyTests.java
index 9e31a1a8bd7..f705219b8a7 100644
--- a/test/functional/Valhalla/src_qtypes/org/openj9/test/lworld/ValueTypeSystemArraycopyTests.java
+++ b/test/functional/Valhalla/src_qtypes/org/openj9/test/lworld/ValueTypeSystemArraycopyTests.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 
-import jdk.internal.value.NullRestrictedCheckedType;
 import jdk.internal.value.ValueClass;
 import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.ImplicitlyConstructible;
 import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.NullRestricted;
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ public static class SomeIdentityClass2 implements SomeInterface {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@ImplicitlyConstructible
 	public value static class SomeValueClass implements SomeInterface {
 		double val1;
 		long val2;
@@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ public static value class SomePrimitiveValueClass2 implements SomeInterface {
 	public static SomeValueClass[] vtArrayDst = new SomeValueClass[ARRAY_SIZE];
 	public static SomeValueClass[] vtArraySrc = new SomeValueClass[ARRAY_SIZE];
 	public static SomePrimitiveValueClass[] primitiveVtArrayDst =
-		(SomePrimitiveValueClass[])ValueClass.newArrayInstance(
-			NullRestrictedCheckedType.of(SomePrimitiveValueClass.class), ARRAY_SIZE);
+		(SomePrimitiveValueClass[])ValueClass.newNullRestrictedArray(SomePrimitiveValueClass.class, ARRAY_SIZE);
 	public static SomePrimitiveValueClass[] primitiveVtArraySrc =
-			(SomePrimitiveValueClass[])ValueClass.newArrayInstance(
-				NullRestrictedCheckedType.of(SomePrimitiveValueClass.class), ARRAY_SIZE);
-
+			(SomePrimitiveValueClass[])ValueClass.newNullRestrictedArray(SomePrimitiveValueClass.class, ARRAY_SIZE);
+	/* These arrays should replace primitiveVTArrayDst/Src once javac supports null-restricted classes. */
+	public static SomeValueClass[] nullRestrictedVtArraySrc =
+		(SomeValueClass[])ValueClass.newNullRestrictedArray(SomeValueClass.class, ARRAY_SIZE);
+	public static SomeValueClass[] nullRestrictedVtArrayDst =
+		(SomeValueClass[])ValueClass.newNullRestrictedArray(SomeValueClass.class, ARRAY_SIZE);
 	public static SomeInterface[] ifIdArrayDst = new SomeIdentityClass[ARRAY_SIZE];
 	public static SomeInterface[] ifIdArraySrc = new SomeIdentityClass[ARRAY_SIZE];
 	public static SomeInterface[] ifVtArrayDst = new SomeValueClass[ARRAY_SIZE];
@@ -135,8 +137,7 @@ public static value class SomePrimitiveValueClass2 implements SomeInterface {
 
 	public static SomeIdentityClass[] idArrayDstCheckForException = new SomeIdentityClass[ARRAY_SIZE];
 	public static SomePrimitiveValueClass[] primitiveVtArrayDstCheckForException =
-		(SomePrimitiveValueClass[])ValueClass.newArrayInstance(
-			NullRestrictedCheckedType.of(SomePrimitiveValueClass.class), ARRAY_SIZE);
+		(SomePrimitiveValueClass[])ValueClass.newNullRestrictedArray(SomePrimitiveValueClass.class, ARRAY_SIZE);
 
 	static private void initArrays() {
 		for (int i=0; i < ARRAY_SIZE; i++) {
@@ -162,6 +163,9 @@ static private void initArrays() {
 			ifArray1[i] = new SomeIdentityClass(i*13);
 			ifArray2[i] = new SomeValueClass(i*14);
 			ifArray3[i] = new SomePrimitiveValueClass(i*15);
+
+			nullRestrictedVtArrayDst[i] = new SomeValueClass(i*16);
+			nullRestrictedVtArraySrc[i] = new SomeValueClass(i*17);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -465,7 +469,7 @@ static public void testSystemArrayCopy8() throws Throwable {
 		checkResults(primitiveVtArraySrc, ifPrimitiveVtArrayDst);
 	}
 
-	@Test(priority=1)
+	@Test(priority=1) // TODO is this the same test?
 	static public void testSystemArrayCopy9() throws Throwable {
 
 		initArrays();
@@ -821,4 +825,16 @@ static public void testSystemArrayCopy26() throws Throwable {
 
 		Assert.fail("Expect a ArrayStoreException. No exception or wrong kind of exception thrown");
 	}
+
+	@Test(priority=1)
+	static public void testSystemArrayCopy27() throws Throwable {
+		initArrays();
+		testVTVT(vtArraySrc, nullRestrictedVtArrayDst);
+	}
+
+	@Test(priority=1)
+	static public void testSystemArrayCopy28() throws Throwable {
+		initArrays();
+		testVTVT(nullRestrictedVtArraySrc, vtArrayDst);
+	}
 }