diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/ArrayQueryFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/ArrayQueryFilter.java
index 8ded0836..35044a45 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/ArrayQueryFilter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/ArrayQueryFilter.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ArrayQueryFilter extends PathTokenFilter {
 
         Filter filter = filters.poll();
 
-        return filter.doFilter((List)obj, jsonProvider);
+        return filter.doFilter(jsonProvider.toList(obj), jsonProvider);
 
     }