diff --git a/jaxws-ri/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/model/AbstractWrapperBeanGenerator.java b/jaxws-ri/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/model/AbstractWrapperBeanGenerator.java
index a5b2d9be24..92a821124f 100644
--- a/jaxws-ri/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/model/AbstractWrapperBeanGenerator.java
+++ b/jaxws-ri/rt/src/main/java/com/sun/xml/ws/model/AbstractWrapperBeanGenerator.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 1997-2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997-2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
  * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ private void processXmlElement(List<Annotation> jaxb, String elemName, String el
         String ns = (elemAnn != null && !elemAnn.namespace().equals("##default"))
                 ? elemAnn.namespace() : elemNS;
 
-        boolean nillable = nav.isArray(type)
-                || (elemAnn != null && elemAnn.nillable());
+        boolean nillable = (elemAnn != null && elemAnn.nillable());
 
         boolean required = elemAnn != null && elemAnn.required();
         XmlElementHandler handler = new XmlElementHandler(name, ns, nillable, required);