diff --git a/src/arrays.jl b/src/arrays.jl
index 3d71a62a3..4946a8ef1 100644
--- a/src/arrays.jl
+++ b/src/arrays.jl
@@ -727,7 +727,12 @@ function scalarize(arr)
         end
     elseif istree(arr) && operation(arr) == getindex
         args = arguments(arr)
-        scalarize(args[1], (args[2:end]...,))
+        scalarized = scalarize(args[1], (args[2:end]...,))
+        if isnothing(metadata(arr))
+            scalarized
+        else
+            metadata(scalarized, metadata(arr))
+        end
     elseif arr isa Num
         wrap(scalarize(unwrap(arr)))
     elseif istree(arr) && symtype(arr) <: Number
diff --git a/test/arrays.jl b/test/arrays.jl
index 68c8f6ead..99c2039dc 100644
--- a/test/arrays.jl
+++ b/test/arrays.jl
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ getdef(v) = getmetadata(v, Symbolics.VariableDefaultValue)
     @variables t F(t)[1:1]
 
     @test isequal(collect(F ./ t), [F[1] / t])
+
+    @variables a[1:2]
+    x = setmetadata(a[1], TestMetaT, 5)
+    @test getmetadata(x, TestMetaT) == 5
+    @test getmetadata(scalarize(x), TestMetaT) == 5
 end
 
 n = 2