diff --git a/lib/document.js b/lib/document.js
index 3f7b942e72d..c564a541281 100644
--- a/lib/document.js
+++ b/lib/document.js
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ Document.prototype.$__reset = function reset() {
       return _this.$__getValue(i);
     })
     .filter(function(val) {
-      return val && val instanceof Array && utils.isMongooseDocumentArray(val) && val.length;
+      return val && Array.isArray(val) && utils.isMongooseDocumentArray(val) && val.length;
     })
     .forEach(function(array) {
       let i = array.length;
@@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ Document.prototype.$__getArrayPathsToValidate = function() {
       return this.$__getValue(i);
     }.bind(this))
     .filter(function(val) {
-      return val && val instanceof Array && utils.isMongooseDocumentArray(val) && val.length;
+      return val && Array.isArray(val) && utils.isMongooseDocumentArray(val) && val.length;
     }).reduce(function(seed, array) {
       return seed.concat(array);
     }, [])
diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index de4a28172d4..6890bc7aa29 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -3163,7 +3163,7 @@ Model.create = function create(doc, options, callback) {
         return cb(firstError, savedDocs);
       }
 
-      if (doc instanceof Array) {
+      if (Array.isArray(doc)) {
         cb(null, savedDocs);
       } else {
         cb.apply(this, [null].concat(savedDocs));
diff --git a/lib/plugins/trackTransaction.js b/lib/plugins/trackTransaction.js
index 5a4b13f85f5..11444d16d45 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/trackTransaction.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/trackTransaction.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function _getAtomics(doc, previous) {
   for (const path of pathsToCheck) {
     const val = doc.$__getValue(path);
     if (val != null &&
-        val instanceof Array &&
+        Array.isArray(val) &&
         utils.isMongooseDocumentArray(val) &&
         val.length &&
         val[arrayAtomicsSymbol] != null &&