diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.spec.tsx
index f3a01393ea4..9258eb7ab5a 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.spec.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { fireEvent, render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { Form } from 'react-final-form';
 import arrayMutators from 'final-form-arrays';
 
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import ArrayInput from './ArrayInput';
 import NumberInput from './NumberInput';
 import TextInput from './TextInput';
 import SimpleFormIterator from '../form/SimpleFormIterator';
+import { minLength, required } from 'ra-core';
 
 describe('<ArrayInput />', () => {
     const onSubmit = jest.fn();
@@ -126,4 +127,56 @@ describe('<ArrayInput />', () => {
             )
         ).toEqual(['bar', 'baz']);
     });
+
+    it('should apply validation to both itself and its inner inputs', async () => {
+        const { getByText, getAllByLabelText, queryByText } = render(
+            <FinalForm
+                render={() => (
+                    <form>
+                        <ArrayInput
+                            resource="bar"
+                            source="arr"
+                            validate={[minLength(2, 'array_min_length')]}
+                        >
+                            <SimpleFormIterator>
+                                <TextInput
+                                    source="id"
+                                    validate={[required('id_required')]}
+                                />
+                                <TextInput
+                                    source="foo"
+                                    validate={[required('foo_required')]}
+                                />
+                            </SimpleFormIterator>
+                        </ArrayInput>
+                    </form>
+                )}
+            />
+        );
+
+        fireEvent.click(getByText('ra.action.add'));
+        expect(queryByText('array_min_length')).not.toBeNull();
+        fireEvent.click(getByText('ra.action.add'));
+        const firstId = getAllByLabelText('resources.bar.fields.id *')[0];
+        fireEvent.change(firstId, {
+            target: { value: 'aaa' },
+        });
+        fireEvent.change(firstId, {
+            target: { value: '' },
+        });
+        fireEvent.blur(firstId);
+        const firstFoo = getAllByLabelText('resources.bar.fields.foo *')[0];
+        fireEvent.change(firstFoo, {
+            target: { value: 'aaa' },
+        });
+        fireEvent.change(firstFoo, {
+            target: { value: '' },
+        });
+        fireEvent.blur(firstFoo);
+        expect(queryByText('array_min_length')).toBeNull();
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(queryByText('id_required')).not.toBeNull();
+            expect(queryByText('foo_required')).not.toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.tsx
index 0e63fcdca84..0fa7acf073b 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ArrayInput.tsx
@@ -96,20 +96,21 @@ const ArrayInput: FC<ArrayInputProps> = ({
         );
     }
 
-    const { error, submitError, touched } = fieldProps.meta;
+    const { error, submitError, touched, dirty } = fieldProps.meta;
+    const arrayInputError = getArrayInputError(error || submitError);
 
     return (
         <FormControl
             fullWidth
             margin="normal"
             className={className}
-            error={touched && !!(error || submitError)}
+            error={(touched || dirty) && !!arrayInputError}
             {...sanitizeInputRestProps(rest)}
         >
             <InputLabel
                 htmlFor={source}
                 shrink
-                error={touched && !!(error || submitError)}
+                error={(touched || dirty) && !!arrayInputError}
             >
                 <FieldTitle
                     label={label}
@@ -118,15 +119,6 @@ const ArrayInput: FC<ArrayInputProps> = ({
                     isRequired={isRequired(validate)}
                 />
             </InputLabel>
-            {!!(touched && (error || submitError)) || helperText ? (
-                <FormHelperText error={touched && !!(error || submitError)}>
-                    <InputHelperText
-                        touched={touched}
-                        error={error || submitError}
-                        helperText={helperText}
-                    />
-                </FormHelperText>
-            ) : null}
             {cloneElement(Children.only(children), {
                 ...fieldProps,
                 record,
@@ -136,6 +128,15 @@ const ArrayInput: FC<ArrayInputProps> = ({
                 margin,
                 disabled,
             })}
+            {!!((touched || dirty) && arrayInputError) || helperText ? (
+                <FormHelperText error={(touched || dirty) && !!arrayInputError}>
+                    <InputHelperText
+                        touched={touched || dirty}
+                        error={arrayInputError}
+                        helperText={helperText}
+                    />
+                </FormHelperText>
+            ) : null}
         </FormControl>
     );
 };
@@ -163,6 +164,13 @@ ArrayInput.defaultProps = {
     fullWidth: true,
 };
 
+export const getArrayInputError = error => {
+    if (Array.isArray(error)) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    return error;
+};
+
 export interface ArrayInputProps extends InputProps {
     children: ReactElement;
     disabled?: boolean;