diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index b5750639a..3377a875b 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Verilator 4.215 devel
 * Fix display of signed without format (#3204). [Julie Schwartz]
 * Fix display of empty string constant (#3207). [Julie Schwartz]
 * Fix incorrect width after and-or optimization (#3208). [Julie Schwartz]
+* Fix $fopen etc on integer arrays (#3214). [adrienlemasle]
 * Fix %0 format on $value$plusargs.
 
 
diff --git a/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp b/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
index 89d6b47db..55280e201 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ string EmitCFunc::emitVarResetRecurse(const AstVar* varp, const string& varNameP
         return "";
     } else if (basicp) {
         bool zeroit
-            = (varp->attrFileDescr()  // Zero so we don't core dump if never $fopen
+            = (varp->attrFileDescr()  // Zero so we don't do file IO if never $fopen
                || (basicp && basicp->isZeroInit())
                || (v3Global.opt.underlineZero() && !varp->name().empty() && varp->name()[0] == '_')
                || (v3Global.opt.xInitial() == "fast" || v3Global.opt.xInitial() == "0"));
diff --git a/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp b/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp
index ef77a6ae9..d88a03c51 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkResolve.cpp
@@ -403,10 +403,8 @@ private:
     }
 
     static void expectDescriptor(AstNode* nodep, AstNodeVarRef* filep) {
-        if (!filep) {
-            nodep->v3warn(E_UNSUPPORTED,
-                          "Unsupported: $fopen/$fclose/$f* descriptor must be a simple variable");
-        }
+        // This might fail on complex expressions like arrays
+        // We use attrFileDescr() only for lint suppression, so that's ok
         if (filep && filep->varp()) filep->varp()->attrFileDescr(true);
     }
 
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_sys_file_basic.v b/test_regress/t/t_sys_file_basic.v
index d38c8580a..10bbf62bc 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_sys_file_basic.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_sys_file_basic.v
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 module t;
    integer file;
+   integer file_a[0];
 
    integer	chars;
    reg [1*8:1]	letterl;
@@ -91,8 +92,10 @@ module t;
 
       begin
 	 // Check quadword access; a little strange, but it's legal to open "."
-	 file = $fopen(".","r");
-	 $fclose(file);
+	 // Also checks using array reference
+	 file_a[0] = $fopen(".","r");
+	 if (file_a[0] == 0) $stop;
+	 $fclose(file_a[0]);
       end
 
       begin