diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp
@@ -2625,6 +2625,42 @@
     Fortran::lower::associateMutableBox(*this, loc, lhs, assign.rhs, lbounds,
                                         stmtCtx);
   }
+
+  // Create the 2 x newRank array with the bounds to be passed to the runtime as
+  // a descriptor.
+  mlir::Value createBoundArray(llvm::ArrayRef<mlir::Value> lbounds,
+                               llvm::ArrayRef<mlir::Value> ubounds,
+                               mlir::Location loc) {
+    assert(lbounds.size() && ubounds.size());
+    mlir::Type indexTy = builder->getIndexType();
+    mlir::Type boundArrayTy = fir::SequenceType::get(
+        {2, static_cast<int64_t>(lbounds.size())}, builder->getI64Type());
+    mlir::Value boundArray = builder->create<fir::AllocaOp>(loc, boundArrayTy);
+    mlir::Value array = builder->create<fir::UndefOp>(loc, boundArrayTy);
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < lbounds.size(); ++i) {
+      array = builder->create<fir::InsertValueOp>(
+          loc, boundArrayTy, array, lbounds[i],
+          builder->getArrayAttr(
+              {builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(), 0),
+               builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(),
+                                       static_cast<int>(i))}));
+      array = builder->create<fir::InsertValueOp>(
+          loc, boundArrayTy, array, ubounds[i],
+          builder->getArrayAttr(
+              {builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(), 1),
+               builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(),
+                                       static_cast<int>(i))}));
+    }
+    builder->create<fir::StoreOp>(loc, array, boundArray);
+    mlir::Type boxTy = fir::BoxType::get(boundArrayTy);
+    mlir::Value ext =
+        builder->createIntegerConstant(loc, indexTy, lbounds.size());
+    mlir::Value c2 = builder->createIntegerConstant(loc, indexTy, 2);
+    llvm::SmallVector<mlir::Value> shapes = {c2, ext};
+    mlir::Value shapeOp = builder->genShape(loc, shapes);
+    return builder->create<fir::EmboxOp>(loc, boxTy, boundArray, shapeOp);
+  }
+
   // Pointer assignment with bounds-remapping. R1036: a bounds-remapping is a
   // pair, lower bound and upper bound.
   void genPointerAssignment(
@@ -2653,39 +2689,7 @@
 
       mlir::Value lhs = genExprMutableBox(loc, assign.lhs).getAddr();
       mlir::Value rhs = fir::getBase(genExprBox(loc, assign.rhs, stmtCtx));
-
-      // Create the newRank x 2 array with the bounds to be passed to
-      // the runtime as a descriptor.
-      assert(lbounds.size() && ubounds.size());
-      mlir::Type indexTy = builder->getIndexType();
-      mlir::Type boundArrayTy = fir::SequenceType::get(
-          {static_cast<int64_t>(lbounds.size()), 2}, builder->getI64Type());
-      mlir::Value boundArray =
-          builder->create<fir::AllocaOp>(loc, boundArrayTy);
-      mlir::Value array = builder->create<fir::UndefOp>(loc, boundArrayTy);
-      for (unsigned i = 0; i < lbounds.size(); ++i) {
-        array = builder->create<fir::InsertValueOp>(
-            loc, boundArrayTy, array, lbounds[i],
-            builder->getArrayAttr(
-                {builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(),
-                                         static_cast<int>(i)),
-                 builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(), 0)}));
-        array = builder->create<fir::InsertValueOp>(
-            loc, boundArrayTy, array, ubounds[i],
-            builder->getArrayAttr(
-                {builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(),
-                                         static_cast<int>(i)),
-                 builder->getIntegerAttr(builder->getIndexType(), 1)}));
-      }
-      builder->create<fir::StoreOp>(loc, array, boundArray);
-      mlir::Type boxTy = fir::BoxType::get(boundArrayTy);
-      mlir::Value ext =
-          builder->createIntegerConstant(loc, indexTy, lbounds.size());
-      mlir::Value c2 = builder->createIntegerConstant(loc, indexTy, 2);
-      llvm::SmallVector<mlir::Value> shapes = {ext, c2};
-      mlir::Value shapeOp = builder->genShape(loc, shapes);
-      mlir::Value boundsDesc =
-          builder->create<fir::EmboxOp>(loc, boxTy, boundArray, shapeOp);
+      mlir::Value boundsDesc = createBoundArray(lbounds, ubounds, loc);
       Fortran::lower::genPointerAssociateRemapping(*builder, loc, lhs, rhs,
                                                    boundsDesc);
       return;
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/polymorphic.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/polymorphic.f90
--- a/flang/test/Lower/polymorphic.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/polymorphic.f90
@@ -403,13 +403,13 @@
 ! CHECK: %[[BOUND_ARRAY:.*]] = fir.alloca !fir.array<2x2xi64>
 ! CHECK: %[[ARRAY:.*]] = fir.undefined !fir.array<2x2xi64>
 ! CHECK: %[[ARRAY0:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY]], %[[C1_0]], [0 : index, 0 : index] : (!fir.array<2x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x2xi64>
-! CHECK: %[[ARRAY1:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY0]], %[[C10_0]], [0 : index, 1 : index] : (!fir.array<2x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x2xi64>
-! CHECK: %[[ARRAY2:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY1]], %[[C1_1]], [1 : index, 0 : index] : (!fir.array<2x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x2xi64>
+! CHECK: %[[ARRAY1:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY0]], %[[C10_0]], [1 : index, 0 : index] : (!fir.array<2x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x2xi64>
+! CHECK: %[[ARRAY2:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY1]], %[[C1_1]], [0 : index, 1 : index] : (!fir.array<2x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x2xi64>
 ! CHECK: %[[ARRAY3:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY2]], %[[C10_1]], [1 : index, 1 : index] : (!fir.array<2x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x2xi64>
 ! CHECK: fir.store %[[ARRAY3]] to %[[BOUND_ARRAY]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<2x2xi64>>
 ! CHECK: %[[C2_0:.*]] = arith.constant 2 : index
 ! CHECK: %[[C2_1:.*]] = arith.constant 2 : index
-! CHECK: %[[BOUND_ARRAY_SHAPE:.*]] = fir.shape %[[C2_0]], %[[C2_1]] : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
+! CHECK: %[[BOUND_ARRAY_SHAPE:.*]] = fir.shape %[[C2_1]], %[[C2_0]] : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
 ! CHECK: %[[BOXED_BOUND_ARRAY:.*]] = fir.embox %[[BOUND_ARRAY]](%[[BOUND_ARRAY_SHAPE]]) : (!fir.ref<!fir.array<2x2xi64>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.box<!fir.array<2x2xi64>>
 ! CHECK: %[[ARG0:.*]] = fir.convert %[[P]] : (!fir.ref<!fir.class<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?x!fir.type<_QMpolymorphic_testTp1{a:i32,b:i32}>>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<none>>
 ! CHECK: %[[ARG1:.*]] = fir.convert %[[REBOX_A]] : (!fir.class<!fir.array<?x!fir.type<_QMpolymorphic_testTp1{a:i32,b:i32}>>>) -> !fir.box<none>
@@ -420,18 +420,18 @@
 ! CHECK: %[[C99:.*]] = arith.constant 99 : i64
 ! CHECK: %[[LOAD_A:.*]] = fir.load %[[A]] : !fir.ref<!fir.class<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x!fir.type<_QMpolymorphic_testTp1{a:i32,b:i32}>>>>>
 ! CHECK: %[[REBOX_A:.*]] = fir.rebox %[[LOAD_A]](%{{.*}}) : (!fir.class<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x!fir.type<_QMpolymorphic_testTp1{a:i32,b:i32}>>>>, !fir.shift<1>) -> !fir.class<!fir.array<?x!fir.type<_QMpolymorphic_testTp1{a:i32,b:i32}>>>
-! CHECK: %[[BOUND_ARRAY:.*]] = fir.alloca !fir.array<1x2xi64>
-! CHECK: %[[ARRAY:.*]] = fir.undefined !fir.array<1x2xi64>
-! CHECK: %[[ARRAY0:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY]], %[[C0]], [0 : index, 0 : index] : (!fir.array<1x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<1x2xi64>
-! CHECK: %[[ARRAY1:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY0]], %[[C99]], [0 : index, 1 : index] : (!fir.array<1x2xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<1x2xi64>
-! CHECK: fir.store %[[ARRAY1]] to %[[BOUND_ARRAY]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<1x2xi64>>
+! CHECK: %[[BOUND_ARRAY:.*]] = fir.alloca !fir.array<2x1xi64>
+! CHECK: %[[ARRAY:.*]] = fir.undefined !fir.array<2x1xi64>
+! CHECK: %[[ARRAY0:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY]], %[[C0]], [0 : index, 0 : index] : (!fir.array<2x1xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x1xi64>
+! CHECK: %[[ARRAY1:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[ARRAY0]], %[[C99]], [1 : index, 0 : index] : (!fir.array<2x1xi64>, i64) -> !fir.array<2x1xi64>
+! CHECK: fir.store %[[ARRAY1]] to %[[BOUND_ARRAY]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<2x1xi64>>
 ! CHECK: %[[C1:.*]] = arith.constant 1 : index
 ! CHECK: %[[C2:.*]] = arith.constant 2 : index
-! CHECK: %[[BOUND_ARRAY_SHAPE:.*]] = fir.shape %[[C1]], %[[C2]] : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
-! CHECK: %[[BOXED_BOUND_ARRAY:.*]] = fir.embox %[[BOUND_ARRAY]](%[[BOUND_ARRAY_SHAPE]]) : (!fir.ref<!fir.array<1x2xi64>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.box<!fir.array<1x2xi64>>
+! CHECK: %[[BOUND_ARRAY_SHAPE:.*]] = fir.shape %[[C2]], %[[C1]] : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
+! CHECK: %[[BOXED_BOUND_ARRAY:.*]] = fir.embox %[[BOUND_ARRAY]](%[[BOUND_ARRAY_SHAPE]]) : (!fir.ref<!fir.array<2x1xi64>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.box<!fir.array<2x1xi64>>
 ! CHECK: %[[ARG0:.*]] = fir.convert %[[Q]] : (!fir.ref<!fir.class<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x!fir.type<_QMpolymorphic_testTp1{a:i32,b:i32}>>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<none>>
 ! CHECK: %[[ARG1:.*]] = fir.convert %[[REBOX_A]] : (!fir.class<!fir.array<?x!fir.type<_QMpolymorphic_testTp1{a:i32,b:i32}>>>) -> !fir.box<none>
-! CHECK: %[[ARG2:.*]] = fir.convert %[[BOXED_BOUND_ARRAY]] : (!fir.box<!fir.array<1x2xi64>>) -> !fir.box<none>
+! CHECK: %[[ARG2:.*]] = fir.convert %[[BOXED_BOUND_ARRAY]] : (!fir.box<!fir.array<2x1xi64>>) -> !fir.box<none>
 ! CHECK: %{{.*}} = fir.call @_FortranAPointerAssociateRemapping(%[[ARG0]], %[[ARG1]], %[[ARG2]], %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}) {{.*}} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<none>>, !fir.box<none>, !fir.box<none>, !fir.ref<i8>, i32) -> none
 
   subroutine test_elemental_assign()