diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java
index 7c345d1c76..1030774522 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  *
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.0
  */
 final class ArrayToArrayConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ final class ArrayToArrayConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {
 	public Object convert(@Nullable Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		if (this.conversionService instanceof GenericConversionService genericConversionService) {
 			TypeDescriptor targetElement = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
-			if (targetElement != null && genericConversionService.canBypassConvert(
-					sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor(), targetElement)) {
+			if (targetElement != null && targetType.getType().isInstance(source) &&
+					genericConversionService.canBypassConvert(sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor(), targetElement)) {
 				return source;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java
index 1709a9a203..a64c2e48f1 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/DefaultConversionServiceTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -607,8 +607,26 @@ class DefaultConversionServiceTests {
 		assertThat(result).containsExactly(1, 2, 3);
 	}
 
+	@Test  // gh-33212
+	void convertIntArrayToObjectArray() {
+		Object[] result = conversionService.convert(new int[] {1, 2}, Object[].class);
+		assertThat(result).containsExactly(1, 2);
+	}
+
 	@Test
-	void convertByteArrayToWrapperArray() {
+	void convertIntArrayToFloatArray() {
+		Float[] result = conversionService.convert(new int[] {1, 2}, Float[].class);
+		assertThat(result).containsExactly(1.0F, 2.0F);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void convertIntArrayToPrimitiveFloatArray() {
+		float[] result = conversionService.convert(new int[] {1, 2}, float[].class);
+		assertThat(result).containsExactly(1.0F, 2.0F);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void convertPrimitiveByteArrayToByteWrapperArray() {
 		byte[] byteArray = {1, 2, 3};
 		Byte[] converted = conversionService.convert(byteArray, Byte[].class);
 		assertThat(converted).isEqualTo(new Byte[]{1, 2, 3});