diff --git a/src/value.zig b/src/value.zig
index 4df36f79a1..7c28398b73 100644
--- a/src/value.zig
+++ b/src/value.zig
@@ -791,19 +791,24 @@ pub const Value = extern union {
                 return decl_val.toAllocatedBytes(decl.ty, allocator);
             },
             .the_only_possible_value => return &[_]u8{},
-            .slice => return toAllocatedBytes(val.castTag(.slice).?.data.ptr, ty, allocator),
-            else => {
-                const result = try allocator.alloc(u8, @intCast(usize, ty.arrayLen()));
-                var elem_value_buf: ElemValueBuffer = undefined;
-                for (result) |*elem, i| {
-                    const elem_val = val.elemValueBuffer(i, &elem_value_buf);
-                    elem.* = @intCast(u8, elem_val.toUnsignedInt());
-                }
-                return result;
+            .slice => {
+                const slice = val.castTag(.slice).?.data;
+                return arrayToAllocatedBytes(slice.ptr, slice.len.toUnsignedInt(), allocator);
             },
+            else => return arrayToAllocatedBytes(val, ty.arrayLen(), allocator),
         }
     }
 
+    fn arrayToAllocatedBytes(val: Value, len: u64, allocator: Allocator) ![]u8 {
+        const result = try allocator.alloc(u8, @intCast(usize, len));
+        var elem_value_buf: ElemValueBuffer = undefined;
+        for (result) |*elem, i| {
+            const elem_val = val.elemValueBuffer(i, &elem_value_buf);
+            elem.* = @intCast(u8, elem_val.toUnsignedInt());
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     pub const ToTypeBuffer = Type.Payload.Bits;
 
     /// Asserts that the value is representable as a type.
diff --git a/test/behavior.zig b/test/behavior.zig
index 12d840b195..2e27563afc 100644
--- a/test/behavior.zig
+++ b/test/behavior.zig
@@ -127,8 +127,11 @@ test {
             _ = @import("behavior/bugs/726.zig");
             _ = @import("behavior/bugs/1421.zig");
             _ = @import("behavior/bugs/1442.zig");
+            _ = @import("behavior/bugs/1607.zig");
             _ = @import("behavior/bugs/2114.zig");
+            _ = @import("behavior/bugs/3384.zig");
             _ = @import("behavior/bugs/3742.zig");
+            _ = @import("behavior/bugs/5398.zig");
             _ = @import("behavior/struct_contains_null_ptr_itself.zig");
             _ = @import("behavior/switch_prong_err_enum.zig");
             _ = @import("behavior/switch_prong_implicit_cast.zig");
@@ -147,11 +150,8 @@ test {
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/828.zig");
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/920.zig");
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/1120.zig");
-                _ = @import("behavior/bugs/1607.zig");
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/1851.zig");
-                _ = @import("behavior/bugs/3384.zig");
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/3779.zig");
-                _ = @import("behavior/bugs/5398.zig");
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/5413.zig");
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/5487.zig");
                 _ = @import("behavior/bugs/6456.zig");
diff --git a/test/behavior/bugs/5398.zig b/test/behavior/bugs/5398.zig
index 4921c05703..8dc170c736 100644
--- a/test/behavior/bugs/5398.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/bugs/5398.zig
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test "assignment of field with padding" {
             .emits_shadows = false,
         },
     };
-    try testing.expectEqual(false, renderable.material.transparent);
-    try testing.expectEqual(false, renderable.material.emits_shadows);
-    try testing.expectEqual(true, renderable.material.render_color);
+    try testing.expect(false == renderable.material.transparent);
+    try testing.expect(false == renderable.material.emits_shadows);
+    try testing.expect(true == renderable.material.render_color);
 }