diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/acir_ir/acir_variable.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/acir_ir/acir_variable.rs
index 0cae7d77448..c2cea6e6a00 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/acir_ir/acir_variable.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/acir_ir/acir_variable.rs
@@ -1933,6 +1933,9 @@ impl<F: AcirField> AcirContext<F> {
             }
             Some(optional_value) => {
                 let mut values = Vec::new();
+                if let AcirValue::DynamicArray(_) = optional_value {
+                    unreachable!("Dynamic array should already be initialized");
+                }
                 self.initialize_array_inner(&mut values, optional_value)?;
                 values
             }
@@ -1962,8 +1965,16 @@ impl<F: AcirField> AcirContext<F> {
                     self.initialize_array_inner(witnesses, value)?;
                 }
             }
-            AcirValue::DynamicArray(_) => {
-                unreachable!("Dynamic array should already be initialized");
+            AcirValue::DynamicArray(AcirDynamicArray { block_id, len, .. }) => {
+                let dynamic_array_values = try_vecmap(0..len, |i| {
+                    let index_var = self.add_constant(i);
+
+                    let read = self.read_from_memory(block_id, &index_var)?;
+                    Ok::<AcirValue, InternalError>(AcirValue::Var(read, AcirType::field()))
+                })?;
+                for value in dynamic_array_values {
+                    self.initialize_array_inner(witnesses, value)?;
+                }
             }
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/Nargo.toml b/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/Nargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5cdd19e186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/Nargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "nested_dyn_array_regression_5782"
+type = "bin"
+authors = [""]
+compiler_version = ">=0.33.0"
+
+[dependencies]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/Prover.toml b/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/Prover.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de2960def06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/Prover.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+array = [5, 10]
+i = 1
diff --git a/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/src/main.nr b/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/src/main.nr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6a1238a9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_programs/execution_success/nested_dyn_array_regression_5782/src/main.nr
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+fn main(mut array: [Field; 2], i: u32) {
+    assert_eq(array[i - 1], 5);
+    assert_eq(array[i], 10);
+
+    array[i] = 2;
+
+    let array2 = [array, array];
+
+    assert_eq(array2[0][0], 5);
+    assert_eq(array2[0][i], 2);
+    assert_eq(array2[i][0], 5);
+    assert_eq(array2[i][i], 2);
+}