diff --git a/activejob/lib/active_job/arguments.rb b/activejob/lib/active_job/arguments.rb
index e54f4afbc7a30eb380e8e7ba9ed3fa08765f8ae6..9d4490b0fccc6705b393911edc0247de10ae6514 100644
--- a/activejob/lib/active_job/arguments.rb
+++ b/activejob/lib/active_job/arguments.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module ActiveJob
   class DeserializationError < StandardError
     attr_reader :original_exception
 
-    def initialize(e)
+    def initialize(e) #:nodoc:
       super ("Error while trying to deserialize arguments: #{e.message}")
       @original_exception = e
       set_backtrace e.backtrace
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ def serialize(arguments)
 
     def deserialize(arguments)
       arguments.map { |argument| deserialize_argument(argument) }
+    rescue => e
+      raise DeserializationError.new(e)
     end
 
     private
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ def serialize_argument(argument)
         when *TYPE_WHITELIST
           argument
         when Array
-          serialize(argument)
+          argument.map { |arg| serialize_argument(arg) }
         when Hash
           Hash[ argument.map { |key, value| [ serialize_hash_key(key), serialize_argument(value) ] } ]
         else
@@ -51,14 +53,12 @@ def serialize_argument(argument)
       def deserialize_argument(argument)
         case argument
         when Array
-          deserialize(argument)
+          argument.map { |arg| deserialize_argument(arg) }
         when Hash
           Hash[ argument.map { |key, value| [ key, deserialize_argument(value) ] } ].with_indifferent_access
         else
           GlobalID::Locator.locate(argument) || argument
         end
-      rescue => e
-        raise DeserializationError.new(e)
       end
 
       def serialize_hash_key(key)
diff --git a/activejob/test/cases/rescue_test.rb b/activejob/test/cases/rescue_test.rb
index d9ea3c91d7f7d8e74092b8cd72517af547c844eb..3af147383e028a49e6ea3ac2becea13b20bbb3d9 100644
--- a/activejob/test/cases/rescue_test.rb
+++ b/activejob/test/cases/rescue_test.rb
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ class RescueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_includes JobBuffer.values, 'DeserializationError original exception was Person::RecordNotFound'
     assert_not_includes JobBuffer.values, 'performed beautifully'
   end
+
+  test "should not wrap DeserializationError in DeserializationError" do
+    RescueJob.enqueue [Person.new(404)]
+    assert_includes JobBuffer.values, 'DeserializationError original exception was Person::RecordNotFound'
+  end
 end