diff --git a/libguile/arrays.c b/libguile/arrays.c
index 52fe90a19..05f85978a 100644
--- a/libguile/arrays.c
+++ b/libguile/arrays.c
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_shared_array_root, "shared-array-root", 1, 0, 0,
 {
   if (SCM_I_ARRAYP (ra))
     return SCM_I_ARRAY_V (ra);
-  else if (!scm_is_array (ra))
-    scm_wrong_type_arg_msg (FUNC_NAME, SCM_ARG1, ra, "array");
-  else
+  else if (scm_is_array (ra))
     return ra;
+  else
+    scm_wrong_type_arg_msg (FUNC_NAME, SCM_ARG1, ra, "array");
 }
 #undef FUNC_NAME
 
@@ -84,13 +84,12 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_shared_array_offset, "shared-array-offset", 1, 0, 0,
 	    "Return the root vector index of the first element in the array.")
 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_shared_array_offset
 {
-  scm_t_array_handle handle;
-  SCM res;
-
-  scm_array_get_handle (ra, &handle);
-  res = scm_from_size_t (handle.base);
-  scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
-  return res;
+  if (SCM_I_ARRAYP (ra))
+    return scm_from_size_t (SCM_I_ARRAY_BASE (ra));
+  else if (scm_is_array (ra))
+    return scm_from_size_t (0);
+  else
+    scm_wrong_type_arg_msg (FUNC_NAME, SCM_ARG1, ra, "array");
 }
 #undef FUNC_NAME
 
@@ -100,18 +99,19 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_shared_array_increments, "shared-array-increments", 1, 0, 0,
 	    "For each dimension, return the distance between elements in the root vector.")
 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_shared_array_increments
 {
-  scm_t_array_handle handle;
-  SCM res = SCM_EOL;
-  size_t k;
-  scm_t_array_dim *s;
-
-  scm_array_get_handle (ra, &handle);
-  k = scm_array_handle_rank (&handle);
-  s = scm_array_handle_dims (&handle);
-  while (k--)
-    res = scm_cons (scm_from_ssize_t (s[k].inc), res);
-  scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
-  return res;
+  if (SCM_I_ARRAYP (ra))
+    {
+      size_t k = SCM_I_ARRAY_NDIM (ra);
+      SCM res = SCM_EOL;
+      scm_t_array_dim *dims = SCM_I_ARRAY_DIMS (ra);
+      while (k--)
+        res = scm_cons (scm_from_ssize_t (dims[k].inc), res);
+      return res;
+    }
+  else if (scm_is_array (ra))
+    return scm_list_1 (scm_from_ssize_t (1));
+  else
+    scm_wrong_type_arg_msg (FUNC_NAME, SCM_ARG1, ra, "array");
 }
 #undef FUNC_NAME
 
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/arrays.test b/test-suite/tests/arrays.test
index e76c699e9..7c7b46704 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/arrays.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/arrays.test
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-4)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-4 gnu))
 
-;;;
-;;; array?
-;;;
+(define (array-row a i)
+  (make-shared-array a (lambda (j) (list i j))
+                     (cadr (array-dimensions a))))
+
+(define (array-col a j)
+  (make-shared-array a (lambda (i) (list i j))
+                     (car (array-dimensions a))))
 
 (define exception:wrong-num-indices
   (cons 'misc-error "^wrong number of indices.*"))
@@ -33,6 +37,15 @@
 (define exception:length-non-negative
   (cons 'read-error ".*array length must be non-negative.*"))
 
+(define exception:wrong-type-arg
+  (cons #t "Wrong type"))
+
+(define exception:mapping-out-of-range
+  (cons 'misc-error "^mapping out of range"))  ;; per scm_make_shared_array
+
+;;;
+;;; array?
+;;;
 
 (with-test-prefix "array?"
 
@@ -210,9 +223,6 @@
 ;;; make-shared-array
 ;;;
 
-(define exception:mapping-out-of-range
-  (cons 'misc-error "^mapping out of range"))  ;; per scm_make_shared_array
-
 (with-test-prefix/c&e "make-shared-array"
 
   ;; this failed in guile 1.8.0
@@ -391,14 +401,58 @@
            (b (make-shared-array a amap2 2 2)))
       (eq? (shared-array-root a) (shared-array-root b) (array-contents a)))))
 
+;;;
+;;; shared-array-offset
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix/c&e "shared-array-offset"
+
+  (pass-if "plain vector"
+    (zero? (shared-array-offset (make-vector 4 0))))
+
+  (pass-if "plain array rank 2"
+    (zero? (shared-array-offset (make-array 0 4 4))))
+
+  (pass-if "row of rank-2 array, I"
+    (= 0 (shared-array-offset (array-row (make-array 0 5 3) 0))))
+
+  (pass-if "row of rank-2 array, II"
+    (= 4 (shared-array-offset (array-row (make-array 0 6 4) 1))))
+
+  (pass-if "col of rank-2 array, I"
+    (= 0 (shared-array-offset (array-col (make-array 0 5 3) 0))))
+
+  (pass-if "col of rank-2 array, II"
+    (= 1 (shared-array-offset (array-col (make-array 0 6 4) 1)))))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; shared-array-increments
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix/c&e "shared-array-increments"
+
+  (pass-if "plain vector"
+    (equal? '(1) (shared-array-increments (make-vector 4 0))))
+
+  (pass-if "plain array rank 2"
+    (equal? '(4 1) (shared-array-increments (make-array 0 3 4))))
+
+  (pass-if "plain array rank 3"
+    (equal? '(20 5 1) (shared-array-increments (make-array 0 3 4 5))))
+
+  (pass-if "row of rank-2 array"
+    (equal? '(1) (shared-array-increments (array-row (make-array 0 5 3) 0))))
+
+  (pass-if "col of rank-2 array"
+    (equal? '(3) (shared-array-increments (array-col (make-array 0 5 3) 0)))))
+
+
 ;;;
 ;;; transpose-array
 ;;;
 
 ; see strings.test.
-(define exception:wrong-type-arg
-  (cons #t "Wrong type"))
-
 (with-test-prefix/c&e "transpose-array"
 
   (pass-if-exception "non array argument" exception:wrong-type-arg
@@ -809,10 +863,6 @@
 ;;; slices as generalized vectors
 ;;;
 
-(define (array-row a i)
-  (make-shared-array a (lambda (j) (list i j))
-                     (cadr (array-dimensions a))))
-
 (with-test-prefix/c&e "generalized vector slices"
   (pass-if (equal? (array-row #2u32((0 1) (2 3)) 1)
                    #u32(2 3)))