diff --git a/c_formatter_42/formatters/hoist.py b/c_formatter_42/formatters/hoist.py
index 6e23b0f..76be7ba 100644
--- a/c_formatter_42/formatters/hoist.py
+++ b/c_formatter_42/formatters/hoist.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def hoist(content: str) -> str:
             r"(?P<value>.+);$".format(t=helper.REGEX_TYPE, d=helper.REGEX_DECL_NAME),
             line,
         )
-        if m is not None:
+        if m is not None and re.match(r".*\[.*\].*", m.group("name")) is None:
             lines.append(f"\t{m.group('type')}\t{m.group('name')};")
             lines.append(
                 "{}{} = {};".format(
diff --git a/tests/formatters/test_hoist.py b/tests/formatters/test_hoist.py
index 90cb80f..d00b56d 100644
--- a/tests/formatters/test_hoist.py
+++ b/tests/formatters/test_hoist.py
@@ -197,6 +197,22 @@ def test_hoist_empty_function():
     assert output == hoist(input)
 
 
+def test_hoist_array_initialization():
+    input = """
+void foo(void)
+{
+\tint xs[4] = {1, 2, 3, 4};
+}
+"""
+    output = """
+void foo(void)
+{
+\tint xs[4] = {1, 2, 3, 4};
+}
+"""
+    assert output == hoist(input)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skip()
 def test_hoist_array():
     pass