diff --git a/muzzle/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/muzzle/ReferenceCollectingClassVisitor.java b/muzzle/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/muzzle/ReferenceCollectingClassVisitor.java
index 03c99ada9c..19007e5616 100644
--- a/muzzle/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/muzzle/ReferenceCollectingClassVisitor.java
+++ b/muzzle/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/muzzle/ReferenceCollectingClassVisitor.java
@@ -362,6 +362,12 @@ final class ReferenceCollectingClassVisitor extends ClassVisitor {
               ? underlyingType(Type.getType(owner))
               : Type.getType("L" + owner + ";");
 
+      // method invoked on a primitive array type
+      if (ownerType.getSort() != Type.OBJECT) {
+        super.visitMethodInsn(opcode, owner, name, descriptor, isInterface);
+        return;
+      }
+
       { // ref for method return type
         Type returnType = underlyingType(methodType.getReturnType());
         if (returnType.getSort() == Type.OBJECT) {
diff --git a/muzzle/src/test/java/muzzle/TestClasses.java b/muzzle/src/test/java/muzzle/TestClasses.java
index 2f3b878330..b7dca652da 100644
--- a/muzzle/src/test/java/muzzle/TestClasses.java
+++ b/muzzle/src/test/java/muzzle/TestClasses.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import net.bytebuddy.asm.Advice;
 public class TestClasses {
 
   public static class MethodBodyAdvice {
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReturnValueIgnored")
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter
     public static void methodBodyAdvice() {
       A a = new A();
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public class TestClasses {
       a.publicB.methodWithArrays(new String[0]);
       B.staticMethod();
       A.staticB.method("bar");
+      new int[0].clone();
     }
 
     public static class A {