diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index d50ee17ddc..a6e1fe7d24 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 ### Fixed Issues
 
 * java-performance
+  * [#3379](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3379): \[java] UseArraysAsList must ignore primitive arrays
   * [#3965](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3965): \[java] UseArraysAsList false positive with non-trivial loops
 * javascript
   * [#3948](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3948): \[js] Invalid operator error for method property in object literal
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/performance.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/performance.xml
index 2c0f9cd450..8411f35603 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/performance.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/performance.xml
@@ -970,6 +970,12 @@ You must use `new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(...))` if that is inconvenient for y
     [not(.//IfStatement)]
     [count(Statement//StatementExpression)=1]
     [@Foreach = true() or ForInit//VariableInitializer//Literal[@IntLiteral= true() and @Image='0']]
+    (: skip primitive types :)
+    [@Foreach = true() and Expression[not(pmd-java:typeIs('boolean[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('char[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('byte[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('short[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('int[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('long[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('float[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('double[]'))]
+        or Expression/RelationalExpression/PrimaryExpression/PrimaryPrefix/Name[substring-before(@Image, '.length') =
+           ancestor::MethodDeclaration[1]//VariableDeclaratorId[not(pmd-java:typeIs('boolean[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('char[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('byte[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('short[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('int[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('long[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('float[]') or pmd-java:typeIs('double[]'))]
+           /@Name]
+    ]
     //StatementExpression
       [PrimaryExpression
         [PrimaryPrefix/Name
@@ -1013,12 +1019,12 @@ public class Test {
     public void foo(Integer[] ints) {
         // could just use Arrays.asList(ints)
         List<Integer> l = new ArrayList<>(100);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
             l.add(ints[i]);
         }
 
         List<Integer> anotherList = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
             anotherList.add(ints[i].toString()); // won't trigger the rule
         }
     }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/UseArraysAsList.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/UseArraysAsList.xml
index 11ba87f95b..a3ad5af636 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/UseArraysAsList.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/UseArraysAsList.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class Bar {
     void foo() {
-        Integer[] ints = new Integer(10);
-        List l = new ArrayList(10);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+        Integer[] ints = new Integer[10];
+        List l = new ArrayList(ints.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
             l.add(ints[i]);
         }
     }
@@ -114,11 +114,13 @@ public class Test {
     public void foo(Integer[] ints) {
         // could just use Arrays.asList(ints)
         List l = new ArrayList(10);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
             l.add(ints[i]);
         }
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-            l.add(a[i].toString()); // won't trigger the rule
+
+        List l2 = new ArrayList(10);
+        for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
+            l2.add(ints[i].toString()); // won't trigger the rule
         }
     }
 }
@@ -179,11 +181,11 @@ public class Test {
     public void foo(Integer[] ints) {
         // could just use Arrays.asList(ints)
         List<Integer> l = new ArrayList<>(100);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
             l.add(ints[i]); // line 9, here is the violation
         }
         List<Integer> anotherList = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
             anotherList.add(ints[i].toString()); // line 13 - false positive
         }
     }
@@ -226,6 +228,30 @@ public class Test {
         return Arrays.asList(a);
     }
 }
+]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>[java] UseArraysAsList must ignore primitive arrays #3379</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+class Test {
+    public void convert(Object value) {
+        short[] array = (short[]) value;
+        List<Short> arrayList = new ArrayList<>(array.length);
+        for (short v : array) {
+            arrayList.add(v); // line 9 - false positive
+        }
+
+        List<Short> arrayList2 = new ArrayList<>(array.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            arrayList2.add(array[i]); // line 14 - false positive
+        }
+    }
+}
 ]]></code>
     </test-code>
 </test-data>