diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 586d1213833b..a2830124ef7e 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+1999-11-24  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
+
+	* prims.cc (_Jv_NewObjectArray): Use
+	_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType.
+	(_Jv_NewPrimArray): Likewise.
+	* java/lang/natObject.cc (clone): Use
+	_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType instead of sizeof.
+	* java/lang/natSystem.cc (arraycopy): Use
+	_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType.
+	* include/jvm.h (_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType): New
+	function.
+
 1999-11-23  Bryce McKinlay  <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
 
 	* java/net/natPlainSocketImpl.cc: Fix potential buffer overruns in
diff --git a/libjava/include/jvm.h b/libjava/include/jvm.h
index d917a4f70f70..33925d34d78b 100644
--- a/libjava/include/jvm.h
+++ b/libjava/include/jvm.h
@@ -114,6 +114,36 @@ _Jv_HashCode (jobject obj)
   return (jint) obj;
 }
 
+// Return a raw pointer to the elements of an array given the array
+// and its element type.  You might think we could just pick a single
+// array type and use elements() on it, but we can't because we must
+// account for alignment of the element type.
+inline char *
+_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType (jobject array,
+				    jclass element_type)
+{
+  char *elts;
+  if (element_type == JvPrimClass (byte))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jbyteArray) array);
+  else if (element_type == JvPrimClass (short))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jshortArray) array);
+  else if (element_type == JvPrimClass (int))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jintArray) array);
+  else if (element_type == JvPrimClass (long))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jlongArray) array);
+  else if (element_type == JvPrimClass (boolean))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jbooleanArray) array);
+  else if (element_type == JvPrimClass (char))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jcharArray) array);
+  else if (element_type == JvPrimClass (float))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jfloatArray) array);
+  else if (element_type == JvPrimClass (double))
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jdoubleArray) array);
+  else
+    elts = (char *) elements ((jobjectArray) array);
+  return elts;
+}
+
 extern "C" void _Jv_ThrowBadArrayIndex (jint bad_index);
 extern "C" jobject _Jv_NewArray (jint type, jint size);
 extern "C" jobject _Jv_NewMultiArray (jclass klass, jint dims, ...);
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc
index 22632c5015c8..0ca5a58fbc3b 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natObject.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ java::lang::Object::clone (void)
 	  r = _Jv_NewObjectArray (array->length, comp, NULL);
 	  eltsize = sizeof (jobject);
 	}
-      size = sizeof (__JArray) + array->length * eltsize;
+      // We can't use sizeof on __JArray because we must account for
+      // alignment of the element type.
+      size = (_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType (array, comp) - (char *) array
+	      + array->length * eltsize);
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc
index 268c1cc48032..4e4316a1ef0b 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc
@@ -124,52 +124,10 @@ java::lang::System::arraycopy (jobject src, jint src_offset,
       const size_t size = (prim ? src_comp->size()
 			   : sizeof elements((jobjectArray)src)[0]);
 
-      // In an ideal world we would do this via a virtual function in
-      // __JArray.  However, we can't have virtual functions in
-      // __JArray due to the need to copy an array's virtual table in
-      // _Jv_FindArrayClass.
-      // We can't just pick a single subtype of __JArray to use due to
-      // alignment concerns.
-      char *src_elts = NULL;
-      if (! prim)
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jobjectArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (byte))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jbyteArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (short))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jshortArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (int))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jintArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (long))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jlongArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (boolean))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jbooleanArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (char))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jcharArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (float))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jfloatArray) src);
-      else if (src_comp == JvPrimClass (double))
-	src_elts = (char *) elements ((jdoubleArray) src);
+      char *src_elts = _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType (src, src_comp);
       src_elts += size * src_offset;
 
-      char *dst_elts = NULL;
-      if (! prim)
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jobjectArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (byte))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jbyteArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (short))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jshortArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (int))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jintArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (long))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jlongArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (boolean))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jbooleanArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (char))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jcharArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (float))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jfloatArray) dst);
-      else if (dst_comp == JvPrimClass (double))
-	dst_elts = (char *) elements ((jdoubleArray) dst);
+      char *dst_elts = _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType (dst, dst_comp);
       dst_elts += size * dst_offset;
 
 #if HAVE_MEMMOVE
diff --git a/libjava/prims.cc b/libjava/prims.cc
index 6b37d55eb90d..7f73047aa9d1 100644
--- a/libjava/prims.cc
+++ b/libjava/prims.cc
@@ -328,16 +328,22 @@ _Jv_NewObjectArray (jsize count, jclass elementClass, jobject init)
   if (count < 0)
     JvThrow (new java::lang::NegativeArraySizeException);
 
+  JvAssert (! elementClass->isPrimitive ());
+
+  jobjectArray obj = NULL;
+  size_t size = (size_t) _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType (obj,
+							     elementClass);
+
   // Check for overflow.
-  if ((size_t) count > (SIZE_T_MAX - sizeof (__JArray)) / sizeof (jobject))
+  if ((size_t) count > (SIZE_T_MAX - size) / sizeof (jobject))
     JvThrow (no_memory);
 
-  size_t size = count * sizeof (jobject) + sizeof (__JArray);
+  size += count * sizeof (jobject);
 
   // FIXME: second argument should be "current loader" //
   jclass clas = _Jv_FindArrayClass (elementClass, 0);
 
-  jobjectArray obj = (jobjectArray) _Jv_AllocArray (size);
+  obj = (jobjectArray) _Jv_AllocArray (size);
   if (! obj)
     JvThrow (no_memory);
   obj->length = count;
@@ -365,12 +371,15 @@ _Jv_NewPrimArray (jclass eltype, jint count)
   if (count < 0)
     JvThrow (new java::lang::NegativeArraySizeException ());
 
+  JvAssert (eltype->isPrimitive ());
+  jobject dummy = NULL;
+  size_t size = (size_t) _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType (dummy, eltype);
+
   // Check for overflow.
-  if ((size_t) count > (SIZE_T_MAX - sizeof (__JArray)) / elsize)
+  if ((size_t) count > (SIZE_T_MAX - size) / elsize)
     JvThrow (no_memory);
 
-  __JArray *arr = (__JArray*) _Jv_AllocObj (sizeof (__JArray)
-					    + elsize * count);
+  __JArray *arr = (__JArray*) _Jv_AllocObj (size + elsize * count);
   if (! arr)
     JvThrow (no_memory);
   arr->length = count;