diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXDB-2550.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXDB-2550.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2789f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXDB-2550.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: This test case is to verify the fix for ASTERIXDB-2550
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+create type test.TestType as
+{
+  id : integer
+};
+
+create  dataset t1(TestType) primary key id;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXDB-2550.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXDB-2550.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca80eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXDB-2550.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+insert into t1
+([
+  {"id":1, "a":10 },
+  {"id":2, "a":null }
+]);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXSB-2550.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXSB-2550.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9077741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2550/query-ASTERIXSB-2550.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: This test case is to verify the fix for ASTERIXDB-2550
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+SELECT * FROM (
+  SELECT a FROM t1
+)[0] i
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index edfa544..5bb25f8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -5723,6 +5723,12 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="misc">
+      <compilation-unit name="query-ASTERIXDB-2550">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">none</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>ASX0037: Type mismatch: expected value of type array or multiset, but got the value of type object (in line 28, at column 2)</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="misc">
       <compilation-unit name="unsupported_parameter">
         <output-dir compare="Text">none</output-dir>
         <expected-error>Query parameter compiler.joinmem is not supported</expected-error>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/CollectionMemberResultType.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/CollectionMemberResultType.java
index 1d20775..9ad6af2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/CollectionMemberResultType.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/CollectionMemberResultType.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     protected void checkArgType(FunctionIdentifier funcId, int argIndex, IAType type, SourceLocation sourceLoc)
             throws AlgebricksException {
         ATypeTag actualTypeTag = type.getTypeTag();
-        if (type.getTypeTag() != ATypeTag.MULTISET && type.getTypeTag() != ATypeTag.ARRAY) {
+        if (!type.getTypeTag().isListType()) {
             throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, actualTypeTag, ATypeTag.MULTISET, ATypeTag.ARRAY);
         }
     }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     @Override
     protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
         IAType type = strippedInputTypes[0];
-        if (type.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.ANY) {
+        if (!type.getTypeTag().isListType()) {
             return BuiltinType.ANY;
         }
         IAType itemType = ((AbstractCollectionType) type).getItemType();