diff --git a/base/broadcast.jl b/base/broadcast.jl
index 45768df14ef031..94fceb5de719c1 100644
--- a/base/broadcast.jl
+++ b/base/broadcast.jl
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ end
 Base.IteratorSize(::Type{T}) where {T<:Broadcasted} = Base.HasShape{ndims(T)}()
 Base.ndims(BC::Type{<:Broadcasted{<:Any,Nothing}}) = _maxndims_broadcasted(BC)
 function Base.ndims(BC::Type{<:Broadcasted{<:AbstractArrayStyle{N},Nothing}}) where {N}
-    if Any <: N
+    if (N isa Type) && (Any <: N)
         _maxndims_broadcasted(BC)
     else
         let n = N::Int