diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
index 2d45de8e..1806e344 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
@@ -3347,12 +3347,9 @@ static int reparse_new_decl(declinfo_t *decl, int flags)
     if (matchtoken('['))
       parse_old_array_dims(decl, flags);
   } else {
-    // No post-dimensions means anything here is part of the type.
     if (matchtoken('[')) {
-      if (decl->type.numdim > 0) {
-        if (lexpeek('['))
+      if (decl->type.numdim > 0)
           error(121);
-      }
       parse_old_array_dims(decl, flags);
     } else if (decl->type.numdim) {
       // Reset dimension sizes.
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-newdecls.sp b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-newdecls.sp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..197c4b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-newdecls.sp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+native int[] egg6();
+forward float[] egg7();
+new void crab4;
+int[] yam1 = {1,2,3}, yam2[] = {3,4,5};
+
+forward void OnPluginStart();
+
+public int OnPluginStart()
+{
+	
+}
+
+
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-newdecls.txt b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-newdecls.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4258d3f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-newdecls.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(1) : error 141: natives, forwards, and public functions cannot return arrays
+(2) : error 141: natives, forwards, and public functions cannot return arrays
+(3) : error 143: new-style declarations should not have "new"
+(4) : error 121: cannot specify array dimensions on both type and name
+(6) : error 025: function heading differs from prototype
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/ok-newdecls.sp b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/ok-newdecls.sp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33000f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/ok-newdecls.sp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+native egg();
+native void egg2();
+native int egg3();
+native bool egg4();
+native bool:egg5();
+
+new crab;
+new crab2 = 5;
+bool crab3 = true;
+int crab4 = 6;
+new crab5[] = {1, 2, 3};
+bool[] crab6 = {true, false, false, true}
+bool crab7[] = {false, true, true}
+char crab8[] = "hello"
+char[] crab9 = "bye"
+
+native float operator*(float oper1, float oper2) = FloatMul;
+
+forward void OnPluginStart();
+
+public int Crab()
+{
+}
+
+public float Crab2()
+{
+}
+
+public Crab3()
+{
+}
+
+stock char[] Crab4()
+{
+  new String:t[5] = "egg";
+  return t;
+}
+
+new yam, yam2, yam3
+new Float:ham, bool:ham2;
+int cram, cram2, cram3;
+new cram4[] = {1, 2}, cram5[] = {3, 4, 7}
+int cram6[] = {1, 2}, cram7[] = {3, 4, 7}
+int[] cram8 = {3, 4}, cram9 = {4, 8, 10}
+
+public OnPluginStart()
+{
+  new String:t[5];
+  t = Crab4();
+  cram4[0] = 2
+  cram5[2] = 2
+  cram7[2] = 2
+  cram8[1] = 5
+  cram9[2] = 5
+}