diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
index 85b554ca3..d03349522 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 				: CollectionFactory.createCollection(collectionType, rawComponentType, sourceValue.size());
 
 		if (sourceValue.isEmpty()) {
-			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(items, collectionType);
+			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(items, targetType.getType());
 		}
 
 		if (!DBRef.class.equals(rawComponentType) && isCollectionOfDbRefWhereBulkFetchIsPossible(sourceValue)) {
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
index 81cc77a7f..90ab333d2 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.DocumentTestUtils.*;
 
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -1803,6 +1805,22 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 		converter.read(TypeWithMapOfLongValues.class, source);
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1831
+	public void shouldConvertArrayInConstructorCorrectly() {
+
+		org.bson.Document source = new org.bson.Document("array", Collections.emptyList());
+
+		assertThat(converter.read(WithArrayInConstructor.class, source).array, is(emptyArray()));
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1831
+	public void shouldConvertNullForArrayInConstructorCorrectly() {
+
+		org.bson.Document source = new org.bson.Document();
+
+		assertThat(converter.read(WithArrayInConstructor.class, source).array, is(nullValue()));
+	}
+
 	static class GenericType<T> {
 		T content;
 	}
@@ -2157,4 +2175,11 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 	static class TypeWithMapOfLongValues {
 		Map<String, Long> map;
 	}
+
+	@RequiredArgsConstructor
+	static class WithArrayInConstructor {
+
+		final String[] array;
+
+	}
 }