diff --git a/gen/arrays.cpp b/gen/arrays.cpp
index e71f8465..8a650b7d 100644
--- a/gen/arrays.cpp
+++ b/gen/arrays.cpp
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ LLConstant* DtoConstArrayInitializer(ArrayInitializer* arrinit)
     else
     assert(0);
 
-    if(arrinit->dim != tdim)
-        error(arrinit->loc, "array initializer for %s has incorrect length (%d)", arrinit->type->toChars(), arrinit->dim);
+    if(arrinit->dim > tdim)
+        error(arrinit->loc, "array initializer for %s is too long (%d)", arrinit->type->toChars(), arrinit->dim);
 
     Logger::println("dim = %u", tdim);