diff --git a/regression/cbmc-cpp/Assignment_Array_Member/main.cpp b/regression/cbmc-cpp/Assignment_Array_Member/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e4bc83135ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regression/cbmc-cpp/Assignment_Array_Member/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Author: Wang Chuanhao
+/// \file
+/// Implicit copy assignment copies every element of an array member.
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+struct S
+{
+  int values[2];
+
+  S()
+  {
+    values[0] = 0;
+    values[1] = 0;
+  }
+};
+
+int main()
+{
+  S source, destination;
+  source.values[0] = 7;
+  source.values[1] = 11;
+  destination = source;
+  assert(destination.values[0] == 7);
+  assert(destination.values[1] == 11);
+}
diff --git a/regression/cbmc-cpp/Assignment_Array_Member/test.desc b/regression/cbmc-cpp/Assignment_Array_Member/test.desc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91d9cf8b52eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regression/cbmc-cpp/Assignment_Array_Member/test.desc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CORE
+main.cpp
+
+^EXIT=0$
+^SIGNAL=0$
+^VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL$
+--
+^warning: ignoring
diff --git a/src/cpp/cpp_typecheck_constructor.cpp b/src/cpp/cpp_typecheck_constructor.cpp
index 79709e447a2c..93b6cec11d95 100644
--- a/src/cpp/cpp_typecheck_constructor.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/cpp_typecheck_constructor.cpp
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ static void copy_array(
     ID_component_cpp_name, cpp_namet(member_base_name, source_location));
   member.copy_to_operands(cpp_namet(arg_name, source_location).as_expr());
 
+  // The array operands are not typechecked yet, so avoid index_exprt's checks.
   side_effect_expr_assignt assign(
-    index_exprt(array.as_expr(), constant),
-    index_exprt(member, constant),
+    binary_exprt(array.as_expr(), ID_index, constant, uninitialized_typet()),
+    binary_exprt(member, ID_index, constant, uninitialized_typet()),
     typet(),
     source_location);
 
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ void cpp_typecheckt::default_assignop_value(
       }
 
       const auto size = numeric_cast<mp_integer>(size_expr);
-      CHECK_RETURN(!size.has_value());
+      CHECK_RETURN(size.has_value());
       CHECK_RETURN(*size >= 0);
 
       for(mp_integer i = 0; i < *size; ++i)