diff --git a/runtime/CodeEmitter.cs b/runtime/CodeEmitter.cs
index d66bdf9b..ca331f1e 100644
--- a/runtime/CodeEmitter.cs
+++ b/runtime/CodeEmitter.cs
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ namespace IKVM.Internal
 			}
 		}
 
-		internal void LazyEmitLoadClass(Type type)
+		internal void LazyEmitLoadClass(TypeWrapper type)
 		{
 			PushStack(new ClassLiteralExpr(type));
 		}
@@ -874,6 +874,16 @@ namespace IKVM.Internal
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		internal TypeWrapper PeekLazyClassLiteral()
+		{
+			ClassLiteralExpr lit = PeekStack() as ClassLiteralExpr;
+			if (lit != null)
+			{
+				return lit.Type;
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		private void LazyGen()
 		{
 			if(lazyBranch != null)
@@ -1335,16 +1345,29 @@ namespace IKVM.Internal
 
 		class ClassLiteralExpr : Expr
 		{
-			private readonly Type type;
+			internal readonly TypeWrapper Type;
 
-			internal ClassLiteralExpr(Type type)
+			internal ClassLiteralExpr(TypeWrapper type)
 			{
-				this.type = type;
+				this.Type = type;
 			}
 
 			internal override void Emit(CodeEmitter ilgen)
 			{
-				ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ldtoken, type);
+				TypeWrapper tw = Type;
+				if (tw.IsGhostArray)
+				{
+					int rank = tw.ArrayRank;
+					while (tw.IsArray)
+					{
+						tw = tw.ElementTypeWrapper;
+					}
+					ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ldtoken, ArrayTypeWrapper.MakeArrayType(tw.TypeAsTBD, rank));
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ldtoken, tw.IsRemapped ? tw.TypeAsBaseType : tw.TypeAsTBD);
+				}
 				Compiler.getClassFromTypeHandle.EmitCall(ilgen);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/runtime/compiler.cs b/runtime/compiler.cs
index 38298446..938f6f51 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler.cs
+++ b/runtime/compiler.cs
@@ -1722,18 +1722,9 @@ class Compiler
 								ilGenerator.Emit(OpCodes.Call, ByteCodeHelperMethods.DynamicClassLiteral);
 								java_lang_Class.EmitCheckcast(clazz, ilGenerator);
 							}
-							else if(tw.IsGhostArray)
-							{
-								int rank = tw.ArrayRank;
-								while(tw.IsArray)
-								{
-									tw = tw.ElementTypeWrapper;
-								}
-								ilGenerator.LazyEmitLoadClass(ArrayTypeWrapper.MakeArrayType(tw.TypeAsTBD, rank));
-							}
 							else
 							{
-								ilGenerator.LazyEmitLoadClass(tw.IsRemapped ? tw.TypeAsBaseType : tw.TypeAsTBD);
+								ilGenerator.LazyEmitLoadClass(tw);
 							}
 							break;
 						}
diff --git a/runtime/intrinsics.cs b/runtime/intrinsics.cs
index 3bbbacad..060d6eef 100644
--- a/runtime/intrinsics.cs
+++ b/runtime/intrinsics.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ namespace IKVM.Internal
 
 		private static bool Class_desiredAssertionStatus(DynamicTypeWrapper.FinishContext context, CodeEmitter ilgen, MethodWrapper method, MethodAnalyzer ma, int opcodeIndex, MethodWrapper caller, ClassFile classFile, ClassFile.Method.Instruction[] code)
 		{
-			if (caller.DeclaringType.GetClassLoader().RemoveAsserts)
+			TypeWrapper classLiteral = ilgen.PeekLazyClassLiteral();
+			if (classLiteral != null && classLiteral.GetClassLoader().RemoveAsserts)
 			{
 				ilgen.LazyEmitPop();
 				ilgen.LazyEmitLdc_I4(0);