diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/src/System/Formats/Nrbf/SerializationRecord.cs b/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/src/System/Formats/Nrbf/SerializationRecord.cs
index 5d053bdb9d9b7..43c51d2f86431 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/src/System/Formats/Nrbf/SerializationRecord.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/src/System/Formats/Nrbf/SerializationRecord.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ private static bool Matches(Type type, TypeName typeName)
         // At first, check the non-allocating properties for mismatch.
         if (type.IsArray != typeName.IsArray || type.IsConstructedGenericType != typeName.IsConstructedGenericType
             || type.IsNested != typeName.IsNested
-            || (type.IsArray && type.GetArrayRank() != typeName.GetArrayRank()))
+            || (type.IsArray && type.GetArrayRank() != typeName.GetArrayRank())
+#if NET
+            || type.IsSZArray != typeName.IsSZArray // int[] vs int[*]
+#else
+            || (type.IsArray && type.Name != typeName.Name)
+#endif
+            )
         {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/TypeMatchTests.cs b/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/TypeMatchTests.cs
index 2a198ad4a76ee..e0827c1225b42 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/TypeMatchTests.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Formats.Nrbf/tests/TypeMatchTests.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,24 @@ public void ThrowsForNullType()
         Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => record.TypeNameMatches(type: null));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void TakesCustomOffsetsIntoAccount()
+    {
+        int[] input = [1, 2, 3];
+
+        SerializationRecord record = NrbfDecoder.Decode(Serialize(input));
+
+        Assert.True(record.TypeNameMatches(typeof(int[])));
+
+        Type nonSzArray = typeof(int).Assembly.GetType("System.Int32[*]");
+#if NET
+        Assert.False(nonSzArray.IsSZArray);
+        Assert.True(nonSzArray.IsVariableBoundArray);
+#endif
+        Assert.Equal(1, nonSzArray.GetArrayRank());
+        Assert.False(record.TypeNameMatches(nonSzArray));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void TakesGenericTypeDefinitionIntoAccount()
     {