diff --git a/src/value/de.rs b/src/value/de.rs
index 00d95aa..7eb2054 100644
--- a/src/value/de.rs
+++ b/src/value/de.rs
@@ -511,7 +511,11 @@ impl<'de> serde::Deserializer<'de> for Value {
     where
         V: Visitor<'de>,
     {
-        self.deserialize_map(visitor)
+        match self {
+            Value::Array(v) => visit_array(v, visitor),
+            Value::Object(v) => visit_object(v, visitor),
+            _ => Err(self.invalid_type(&visitor)),
+        }
     }
 
     fn deserialize_identifier<V>(
@@ -1044,7 +1048,11 @@ impl<'de> serde::Deserializer<'de> for &'de Value {
     where
         V: Visitor<'de>,
     {
-        self.deserialize_map(visitor)
+        match *self {
+            Value::Array(ref v) => visit_array_ref(v, visitor),
+            Value::Object(ref v) => visit_object_ref(v, visitor),
+            _ => Err(self.invalid_type(&visitor)),
+        }
     }
 
     fn deserialize_identifier<V>(
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index bb55577..1fd9b6b 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -1179,6 +1179,10 @@ fn test_parse_struct() {
             ],
         }
     );
+
+    let j = json!([null, 2, []]);
+    Inner::deserialize(&j).unwrap();
+    Inner::deserialize(j).unwrap();
 }
 
 #[test]