diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts
index 45274025e0..b01ba83872 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts
@@ -643,9 +643,7 @@ function _extractToken(typeOrFunc, metadata /*any[] | any*/, params: any[][]): D
 
   if (!isArray(metadata)) {
     if (metadata instanceof InjectMetadata) {
-      var metaArrayWrapper = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(1);
-      metaArrayWrapper[0] = metadata;
-      metadata = metaArrayWrapper;
+      return _createDependency(metadata.token, optional, null, null, depProps);
     } else {
       return _createDependency(metadata, optional, null, null, depProps);
     }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts
index 1579f72209..bf4d4e55cd 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts
@@ -646,15 +646,15 @@ export function main() {
         expect(provider.resolvedFactories[0].dependencies[0].properties)
             .toEqual([new CustomDependencyMetadata()]);
       });
-    });
 
-    it('should allow declaring dependencies with flat arrays', () => {
-      var resolved =
-          Injector.resolve([bind('token').toFactory(e => e, [new InjectMetadata("dep")])]);
-      var nestedResolved =
-          Injector.resolve([bind('token').toFactory(e => e, [[new InjectMetadata("dep")]])]);
-      expect(resolved[0].resolvedFactories[0].dependencies[0].key.token)
-          .toEqual(nestedResolved[0].resolvedFactories[0].dependencies[0].key.token);
+      it('should allow declaring dependencies with flat arrays', () => {
+        var resolved = Injector.resolve(
+            [provide('token', {useFactory: e => e, deps: [new InjectMetadata("dep")]})]);
+        var nestedResolved = Injector.resolve(
+            [provide('token', {useFactory: e => e, deps: [[new InjectMetadata("dep")]]})]);
+        expect(resolved[0].resolvedFactories[0].dependencies[0].key.token)
+            .toEqual(nestedResolved[0].resolvedFactories[0].dependencies[0].key.token);
+      });
     });
 
     describe("displayName", () => {