diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFArrowResultSet.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFArrowResultSet.java
index 38dd77ab5..69195e8a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFArrowResultSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFArrowResultSet.java
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ public Object getObject(int columnIndex) throws SFException {
     converter.setSessionTimeZone(sessionTimeZone);
     Object obj = converter.toObject(index);
     boolean isStructuredType = resultSetMetaData.isStructuredTypeColumn(columnIndex);
-    if (type == Types.STRUCT && isStructuredType && converter instanceof VarCharConverter) {
+    if (isVarcharConvertedStruct(type, isStructuredType, converter)) {
       if (obj != null) {
         return new StructObjectWrapper((String) obj, createJsonSqlInput(columnIndex, obj));
       }
@@ -584,6 +584,11 @@ public Object getObject(int columnIndex) throws SFException {
     return obj;
   }
 
+  private boolean isVarcharConvertedStruct(
+      int type, boolean isStructuredType, ArrowVectorConverter converter) {
+    return type == Types.STRUCT && isStructuredType && converter instanceof VarCharConverter;
+  }
+
   private Object createJsonSqlInput(int columnIndex, Object obj) throws SFException {
     try {
       if (obj == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SfSqlArray.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SfSqlArray.java
index c98db4473..4966d7ab8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SfSqlArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SfSqlArray.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.snowflake.client.core;
 
 import static net.snowflake.client.core.FieldSchemaCreator.buildBindingSchemaForType;
+import static net.snowflake.client.core.FieldSchemaCreator.logger;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import java.sql.Array;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ public class SfSqlArray implements Array {
   private String text;
   private int baseType;
   private Object elements;
+  private String jsonStringFromElements;
 
   public SfSqlArray(String text, int baseType, Object elements) {
     this.text = text;
@@ -87,13 +89,21 @@ public ResultSet getResultSet(long index, int count, Map<String, Class<?>> map)
   @Override
   public void free() throws SQLException {}
 
-  public String getJsonString() throws SQLException {
+  public String getText() {
     if (text == null) {
-      text = buildJsonStringFromElements(elements);
+      logger.warn("Text field wasn't initialized. Should never happen.");
     }
     return text;
   }
 
+  public String getJsonString() throws SQLException {
+    if (jsonStringFromElements == null) {
+      jsonStringFromElements = buildJsonStringFromElements(elements);
+    }
+
+    return jsonStringFromElements;
+  }
+
   private static String buildJsonStringFromElements(Object elements) throws SQLException {
     try {
       return SnowflakeUtil.mapJson(elements);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeResultSetV1.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeResultSetV1.java
index dfe8cbad6..e9db5ec71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeResultSetV1.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeResultSetV1.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public Object getObject(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
     } else if (object instanceof StructObjectWrapper) {
       return ((StructObjectWrapper) object).getJsonString();
     } else if (object instanceof SfSqlArray) {
-      return ((SfSqlArray) object).getJsonString();
+      return ((SfSqlArray) object).getText();
     } else if (object instanceof ArrowSqlInput) {
       throw new SQLException(
           "Arrow native struct couldn't be converted to String. To map to SqlData the method getObject(int columnIndex, Class type) should be used");