diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 7197664d..242119bb 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Boltz"
 uuid = "4544d5e4-abc5-4dea-817f-29e4c205d9c8"
 authors = ["Avik Pal <avikpal@mit.edu> and contributors"]
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index fa678920..6d845d9f 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ In certain cases, to ensure type-stability we want to add type-asserts. But this
 for exotic types like `ForwardDiff.Dual`. We use this function to check if we should add a
 type-assert for `x`.
 """
-should_type_assert(::AbstractArray{T}) where {T} = isbitstype(T)
+should_type_assert(x::AbstractArray{T}) where {T} = isbitstype(T) && parent(x) === x
 should_type_assert(::AbstractArray{<:ForwardDiff.Dual}) = false
 should_type_assert(::ForwardDiff.Dual) = false
 should_type_assert(x) = true