diff --git a/src/pointer-analysis/value_set.cpp b/src/pointer-analysis/value_set.cpp
index 2fec93d670b0..7b3d34636907 100644
--- a/src/pointer-analysis/value_set.cpp
+++ b/src/pointer-analysis/value_set.cpp
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ void value_sett::get_value_set_rec(
     }
     else if(statement==ID_cpp_new ||
             statement==ID_cpp_new_array ||
-            statement==ID_java_new_array )
+            statement==ID_java_new_array_data)
     {
       assert(suffix=="");
       assert(expr_type.id()==ID_pointer);