diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/hub/DynamicHub.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/hub/DynamicHub.java
index a0e6fb6249ba..48f9ec7ec6aa 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/hub/DynamicHub.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/hub/DynamicHub.java
@@ -1528,11 +1528,21 @@ public String getPackageName() {
         return companion.getPackageName(this);
     }
 
+    private boolean isHybrid() {
+        if (SubstrateUtil.HOSTED) {
+            return AnnotationAccess.isAnnotationPresent(hostedJavaClass, Hybrid.class);
+        } else {
+            return LayoutEncoding.isHybrid(getLayoutEncoding());
+        }
+    }
+
     String computePackageName() {
         String pn = null;
         DynamicHub me = this;
-        while (me.hubIsArray()) {
-            me = me.getComponentType();
+        if (!isHybrid()) {
+            while (me.hubIsArray()) {
+                me = me.getComponentType();
+            }
         }
         if (me.isPrimitive()) {
             pn = "java.lang";
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/analysis/DynamicHubInitializer.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/analysis/DynamicHubInitializer.java
index c1fc48bfc24a..d58a27506737 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/analysis/DynamicHubInitializer.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/analysis/DynamicHubInitializer.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import com.oracle.svm.hosted.jdk.HostedClassLoaderPackageManagement;
 import com.oracle.svm.util.ReflectionUtil;
 
+import jdk.graal.compiler.debug.Assertions;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ConstantReflectionProvider;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaField;
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ private static void registerPackage(ImageHeapScanner heapScanner, Class<?> javaC
             ClassLoader runtimeClassLoader = ClassLoaderFeature.getRuntimeClassLoader(classloader);
             VMError.guarantee(runtimeClassLoader != null, "Class loader missing for class %s", hub.getName());
             String packageName = hub.getPackageName();
+            assert packageName.equals(packageValue.getName()) : Assertions.errorMessage("Package name mismatch:", packageName, packageValue.getName());
             HostedClassLoaderPackageManagement.singleton().registerPackage(runtimeClassLoader, packageName, packageValue, heapScanner::rescanObject);
         }
     }
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/HostedClassLoaderPackageManagement.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/HostedClassLoaderPackageManagement.java
index 3035780d678a..6adbb1ec9eba 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/HostedClassLoaderPackageManagement.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/HostedClassLoaderPackageManagement.java
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ public void registerPackage(ClassLoader runtimeClassLoader, String packageName,
             /* Scan the class loader packages if the new package was missing. */
             objectScanner.accept(loaderPackages);
             if (inSharedLayer && runtimeClassLoader == appClassLoader) {
+                VMError.guarantee(packageValue.getName().equals(packageName), "Package name is different from package value's name: %s %s", packageName, packageValue);
+
                 /*
                  * We must register this package so that it can be relinked in subsequent layers.
                  */
                 registry.registerHeapConstant(generateKeyName(packageValue.getName()), packageValue);
-
-                VMError.guarantee(packageValue.getName().equals(packageName), "Package name is different from package value's name: %s %s", packageName, packageValue);
             }
         }
     }