diff --git a/gcc/cp/init.c b/gcc/cp/init.c
index ffb84ea5b092204bba706ac5918cbedf726785d9..0b98f338feb53c309a3ac9914666ae64bb37b134 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/init.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/init.c
@@ -3766,7 +3766,11 @@ build_new (location_t loc, vec<tree, va_gc> **placement, tree type,
 
   /* P1009: Array size deduction in new-expressions.  */
   const bool array_p = TREE_CODE (type) == ARRAY_TYPE;
-  if (*init && (array_p || (nelts && cxx_dialect >= cxx20)))
+  if (*init
+      /* If ARRAY_P, we have to deduce the array bound.  For C++20 paren-init,
+	 we have to process the parenthesized-list.  But don't do it for (),
+	 which is value-initialization, and INIT should stay empty.  */
+      && (array_p || (cxx_dialect >= cxx20 && nelts && !(*init)->is_empty ())))
     {
       /* This means we have 'new T[]()'.  */
       if ((*init)->is_empty ())
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/expr/anew5.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/expr/anew5.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d597caf548340560ce6aa4c6546ba2e8725b3bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/expr/anew5.C
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// PR c++/97523
+// { dg-do compile }
+// We were turning the () into {} which made it seem like
+// aggregate-initialization (we are dealing with arrays here), which
+// performs copy-initialization, which only accepts converting constructors.
+
+struct T {
+  explicit T();
+  T(int);
+};
+
+void
+fn (int n)
+{
+  new T[1]();
+  new T[2]();
+  new T[3]();
+  new T[n]();
+#if __cpp_aggregate_paren_init
+  new T[]();
+  new T[2](1, 2);
+  // T[2] is initialized via copy-initialization, so we can't call
+  // explicit T().
+  new T[3](1, 2); // { dg-error "explicit constructor" "" { target c++20 } }
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/expr/anew6.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/expr/anew6.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0542daac2759136e4d286e42938946f81c6fbebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/expr/anew6.C
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// PR c++/97523
+// { dg-do compile { target c++11 } }
+
+// [expr.new]/24: If the new-expression creates an object or an array of
+// objects of class type, access and ambiguity control are done for the
+// [...] constructor selected for the initialization (if any).
+// NB: We only check for a default constructor if the array has a non-constant
+// bound, or there are insufficient initializers.  Since an array is an
+// aggregate, we perform aggregate-initialization, which performs
+// copy-initialization, so we only accept converting constructors.
+
+struct T {
+  explicit T();
+  T(int);
+};
+
+struct S {
+  S(int);
+};
+
+void
+fn (int n)
+{
+  new T[1]{}; // { dg-error "explicit constructor" }
+  new T[2]{1, 2};
+  new T[3]{1, 2}; // { dg-error "explicit constructor" }
+  new T[n]{}; // { dg-error "explicit constructor" }
+
+  new S[1]{}; // { dg-error "could not convert" }
+  new S[2]{1, 2};
+  new S[3]{1, 2}; // { dg-error "could not convert" }
+  new S[n]{}; // { dg-error "could not convert" }
+}