diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d66854114..d4f750f4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@
 
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.imports.CustomImportOrderCheck</pattern><branchRate>98</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
 
-            <regex><pattern>.*.checks.indentation.ArrayInitHandler</pattern><branchRate>83</branchRate><lineRate>97</lineRate></regex>
+            <regex><pattern>.*.checks.indentation.ArrayInitHandler</pattern><branchRate>87</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.indentation.BlockParentHandler</pattern><branchRate>86</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.indentation.ElseHandler</pattern><branchRate>75</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.indentation.AbstractExpressionHandler</pattern><branchRate>91</branchRate><lineRate>97</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/indentation/ArrayInitHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/indentation/ArrayInitHandler.java
index 2d97f1ac7..b0ebc9b34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/indentation/ArrayInitHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/indentation/ArrayInitHandler.java
@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@ public class ArrayInitHandler extends BlockParentHandler {
             // note: assumes new or assignment is line to align with
             return new IndentLevel(getLineStart(parentAST));
         }
-        else if (getParent() instanceof ArrayInitHandler) {
-            return ((ArrayInitHandler) getParent()).getChildrenExpectedLevel();
-        }
         else {
-            return getParent().getLevel();
+            // at this point getParent() is instance of ArrayInitHandler
+            return ((ArrayInitHandler) getParent()).getChildrenExpectedLevel();
         }
     }