diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
index 23dd2d2..75a1083 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@ Array::erase(int at_i)
 int
 QPDFObjectHandle::getArrayNItems() const
 {
-    if (auto array = as_array(strict)) {
-        return to_i(array.size());
+    auto s = size();
+    if (s > 1 || isArray()) {
+        return to_i(s);
     }
     typeWarning("array", "treating as empty");
-    QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle array treating as empty");
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/qpdf/qpdf.testcov b/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
index 4208e13..f1de4b6 100644
--- a/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
+++ b/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ QPDFObjectHandle string returning empty string 0
 QPDFObjectHandle string returning empty utf8 0
 QPDFObjectHandle operator returning fake value 0
 QPDFObjectHandle inlineimage returning empty data 0
-QPDFObjectHandle array treating as empty 0
 QPDFObjectHandle array null for non-array 0
 QPDFObjectHandle array treating as empty vector 0
 QPDFObjectHandle array ignoring set item 0