diff --git a/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py b/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
index 4b9d4cd49..1c9733ae4 100644
--- a/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
+++ b/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
@@ -2021,6 +2021,8 @@ def array(object: Any, dtype: Optional[DTypeLike] = None, copy: bool = True,
   if isinstance(object, (bool, int, float, complex)):
     _ = dtypes.coerce_to_array(object, dtype)
 
+  if hasattr(object, '__jax_array__'):
+    object = object.__jax_array__()
   object = tree_map(lambda leaf: leaf.__jax_array__() if hasattr(leaf, "__jax_array__") else leaf,
                     object)
   leaves = tree_leaves(object)
diff --git a/tests/api_test.py b/tests/api_test.py
index f35aab5d5..47b84768d 100644
--- a/tests/api_test.py
+++ b/tests/api_test.py
@@ -3898,6 +3898,8 @@ class APITest(jtu.JaxTestCase):
       shape = property(operator.attrgetter('x.shape'))
 
     a = A(jnp.ones((3, 3)))
+    jnp.asarray(a)  # don't crash
+
     f = jax.jit(jnp.matmul)
     f(a, a)  # don't crash