diff --git a/src/array-lib.jl b/src/array-lib.jl
index cc5923032..c16d3984c 100644
--- a/src/array-lib.jl
+++ b/src/array-lib.jl
@@ -282,7 +282,10 @@ function getindex(A::Arr, j::Symbolic{<:Integer}, i::Int)
     wrap(unwrap(A)[j, i])
 end
 
+inner_unwrap(x) = x isa AbstractArray ? unwrap.(x) : x
 function _matmul(A, B)
+    A = inner_unwrap(A)
+    B = inner_unwrap(B)
     @syms i::Int j::Int k::Int
     if isadjointvec(A)
         op = operation(A.term)
@@ -295,6 +298,8 @@ end
 @wrapped (*)(A::AbstractVector, B::AbstractMatrix) = _matmul(A, B)
 
 function _matvec(A, b)
+    A = inner_unwrap(A)
+    b = inner_unwrap(b)
     @syms i::Int k::Int
     sym_res = @arrayop (i,) A[i, k] * b[k] term=(A*b)
     if isdot(A, b)