diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelper.php
index 09420d6da..417eec847 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelper.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public static function renderStatic(
             $result = [];
         }
 
-        if ($single && $result instanceof \Traversable) {
+        if ($single && ($result instanceof \Traversable || is_array($result))) {
             return reset($result);
         }
 
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelperTest.php b/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelperTest.php
index 13fc5e1ce..0c911db02 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelperTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Iterator/ExtractViewHelperTest.php
@@ -173,6 +173,21 @@ public function extractByKeyExtractsKeyByPath($structure, $key, $expected)
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider simpleStructures
+     */
+    public function extractByKeyExtractsKeyByPathWithSingle($structure, $key, $expected)
+    {
+        if (is_array($expected)) {
+            $expected = reset($expected);
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $expected,
+            $this->executeViewHelper(['content' => $structure, 'key' => $key, 'recursive' => false, 'single' => true])
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array
      */
@@ -185,6 +200,11 @@ public function simpleStructures()
                 'myKey',
                 'myValue'
             ],
+            'flat associative array with array as value' => [
+                ['myKey' => ['foo' => 'myValue']],
+                'myKey',
+                ['foo' => 'myValue'],
+            ],
             'deeper associative array' => [
                 [
                     'myFirstKey' => [