diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Materialization/EntryValueMaterializationPolicy.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Materialization/EntryValueMaterializationPolicy.cs
index a2fa1dc0d1..1254f4fc9d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Materialization/EntryValueMaterializationPolicy.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Materialization/EntryValueMaterializationPolicy.cs
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ private object GetOrCreateCollectionProperty(object instance, ClientPropertyAnno
                     else
                     {
                         // Try List<> first because that's what we did in V1/V2, but use the actual property type if it doesn't support List<>
-                        Type listCollectionType = typeof(List<>).MakeGenericType(property.EntityCollectionItemType);
+                        Type listCollectionType = typeof(List<>).MakeGenericType(property.CollectionGenericType);
                         if (collectionType.IsAssignableFrom(listCollectionType))
                         {
                             collectionType = listCollectionType;
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ private object GetOrCreateCollectionProperty(object instance, ClientPropertyAnno
                 {
                     if (DSClient.PlatformHelper.IsInterface(collectionType))
                     {
-                        collectionType = typeof(System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection<>).MakeGenericType(property.EntityCollectionItemType);
+                        collectionType = typeof(System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection<>).MakeGenericType(property.CollectionGenericType);
                     }
 
                     result = this.CreateNewInstance(property.EdmProperty.Type, collectionType);
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ private void MaterializeDynamicProperty(MaterializerEntry entry, ODataNestedReso
                     containerProperty.Add(link.Name, collection);
                 }
             }
-            else 
+            else
             {
                 MaterializerEntry linkEntry = linkState.Entry;
                 Type itemType = ResolveClientTypeForDynamicProperty(linkEntry.Entry.TypeName, entry.ResolvedObject);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Metadata/ClientPropertyAnnotation.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Metadata/ClientPropertyAnnotation.cs
index 72636669a9..e18448e2bf 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Metadata/ClientPropertyAnnotation.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/Metadata/ClientPropertyAnnotation.cs
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ internal bool IsResourceSet
             }
         }
 
+        internal Type CollectionGenericType
+        {
+            get { return this.collectionGenericType; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>Type of items in the primitive or complex collection.</summary>
         internal Type PrimitiveOrComplexCollectionItemType
         {