diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/utils.rs b/datafusion/common/src/utils.rs
index d609c695d68e..d8fbb4000273 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/utils.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/utils.rs
@@ -464,62 +464,53 @@ pub fn coerced_type_with_base_type_only(
     base_type: &DataType,
 ) -> DataType {
     match data_type {
-        DataType::List(field)
-        | DataType::FixedSizeList(field, _)
-        | DataType::LargeList(field) => {
-            let field_type = match field.data_type() {
-                // nested type could be different list type
-                DataType::List(_)
-                | DataType::FixedSizeList(_, _)
-                | DataType::LargeList(_) => {
-                    coerced_type_with_base_type_only(field.data_type(), base_type)
-                }
-                _ => base_type.to_owned(),
-            };
-            if matches!(data_type, DataType::LargeList(_)) {
-                DataType::LargeList(Arc::new(Field::new(
-                    field.name(),
-                    field_type,
-                    field.is_nullable(),
-                )))
-            } else {
-                DataType::List(Arc::new(Field::new(
-                    field.name(),
-                    field_type,
-                    field.is_nullable(),
-                )))
-            }
+        DataType::List(field) | DataType::FixedSizeList(field, _) => {
+            let field_type =
+                coerced_type_with_base_type_only(field.data_type(), base_type);
+
+            DataType::List(Arc::new(Field::new(
+                field.name(),
+                field_type,
+                field.is_nullable(),
+            )))
+        }
+        DataType::LargeList(field) => {
+            let field_type =
+                coerced_type_with_base_type_only(field.data_type(), base_type);
+
+            DataType::LargeList(Arc::new(Field::new(
+                field.name(),
+                field_type,
+                field.is_nullable(),
+            )))
         }
+
         _ => base_type.clone(),
     }
 }
 
 pub fn coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list(data_type: &DataType) -> DataType {
     match data_type {
-        DataType::FixedSizeList(field, _) => {
-            let field_type = match field.data_type() {
-                DataType::List(_)
-                | DataType::FixedSizeList(_, _)
-                | DataType::LargeList(_) => {
-                    coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list(field.data_type())
-                }
-                _ => field.data_type().to_owned(),
-            };
-            if matches!(data_type, DataType::LargeList(_)) {
-                DataType::LargeList(Arc::new(Field::new(
-                    field.name(),
-                    field_type,
-                    field.is_nullable(),
-                )))
-            } else {
-                DataType::List(Arc::new(Field::new(
-                    field.name(),
-                    field_type,
-                    field.is_nullable(),
-                )))
-            }
+        DataType::List(field) | DataType::FixedSizeList(field, _) => {
+            let field_type = coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list(field.data_type());
+
+            DataType::List(Arc::new(Field::new(
+                field.name(),
+                field_type,
+                field.is_nullable(),
+            )))
         }
-        _ => data_type.to_owned(),
+        DataType::LargeList(field) => {
+            let field_type = coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list(field.data_type());
+
+            DataType::LargeList(Arc::new(Field::new(
+                field.name(),
+                field_type,
+                field.is_nullable(),
+            )))
+        }
+
+        _ => data_type.clone(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs
index 92b309817dee..806fdaaa5246 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use arrow::{
     compute::can_cast_types,
     datatypes::{DataType, TimeUnit},
 };
-use datafusion_common::utils::list_ndims;
+use datafusion_common::utils::{coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list, list_ndims};
 use datafusion_common::{
     internal_datafusion_err, internal_err, plan_err, DataFusionError, Result,
 };
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ fn get_valid_types(
             DataType::List(_)
             | DataType::LargeList(_)
             | DataType::FixedSizeList(_, _) => {
-                Ok(vec![vec![array_type.clone(), DataType::Int64]])
+                let array_type = coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list(array_type);
+                Ok(vec![vec![array_type, DataType::Int64]])
             }
             _ => Ok(vec![vec![]]),
         }
diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/src/analyzer/type_coercion.rs b/datafusion/optimizer/src/analyzer/type_coercion.rs
index 4a4b3d849f5f..454ae80758c3 100644
--- a/datafusion/optimizer/src/analyzer/type_coercion.rs
+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/src/analyzer/type_coercion.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, IntervalUnit};
 
 use datafusion_common::config::ConfigOptions;
 use datafusion_common::tree_node::{RewriteRecursion, TreeNodeRewriter};
-use datafusion_common::utils::coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list;
 use datafusion_common::{
     exec_err, internal_err, plan_datafusion_err, plan_err, DFSchema, DFSchemaRef,
     DataFusionError, Result, ScalarValue,
@@ -590,17 +589,21 @@ fn coerce_arguments_for_fun(
     if expressions.is_empty() {
         return Ok(vec![]);
     }
-
     let mut expressions: Vec<Expr> = expressions.to_vec();
 
-    // coerce the fixed size list to list for all array fucntions
-    if fun.name().contains("array") {
+    // Cast Fixedsizelist to List for array functions
+    if *fun == BuiltinScalarFunction::MakeArray {
         expressions = expressions
             .into_iter()
             .map(|expr| {
                 let data_type = expr.get_type(schema).unwrap();
-                let to_type = coerced_fixed_size_list_to_list(&data_type);
-                expr.cast_to(&to_type, schema)
+                if let DataType::FixedSizeList(field, _) = data_type {
+                    let field = field.as_ref().clone();
+                    let to_type = DataType::List(Arc::new(field));
+                    expr.cast_to(&to_type, schema)
+                } else {
+                    Ok(expr)
+                }
             })
             .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
     }