diff --git a/flink-python/pyflink/table/tests/test_types.py b/flink-python/pyflink/table/tests/test_types.py
index d3bd37c6ffd8f..6a415e781147b 100644
--- a/flink-python/pyflink/table/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/flink-python/pyflink/table/tests/test_types.py
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ def test_infer_schema_nulltype(self):
         # third column is varchar
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(schema.fields[2].data_type, VarCharType))
 
+    def test_infer_array_type_with_leading_none(self):
+        data_type = _infer_type([None, 1])
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(data_type, ArrayType))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(data_type.element_type, BigIntType))
+
     def test_infer_schema_not_enough_names(self):
         schema = _infer_schema_from_data([["a", "b"]], ["col1"])
         self.assertTrue(schema.names, ['col1', '_2'])
diff --git a/flink-python/pyflink/table/types.py b/flink-python/pyflink/table/types.py
index b62b55af9e1f3..0182a3c3d69e7 100644
--- a/flink-python/pyflink/table/types.py
+++ b/flink-python/pyflink/table/types.py
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ def _infer_type(obj):
     elif isinstance(obj, list):
         for v in obj:
             if v is not None:
-                return ArrayType(_infer_type(obj[0]))
+                return ArrayType(_infer_type(v))
         else:
             return ArrayType(NullType())
     elif isinstance(obj, array):