diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx b/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx
index d4c0a69dfd..d6e15f9339 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ cdef class InternalUSMArrayError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+cdef object _as_zero_dim_ndarray(object usm_ary):
+    "Convert size-1 array to NumPy 0d array"
+    mem_view = dpmem.as_usm_memory(usm_ary)
+    host_buf = mem_view.copy_to_host()
+    view = host_buf.view(usm_ary.dtype)
+    view.shape = tuple()
+    return view
+
+
 cdef class usm_ndarray:
     """ usm_ndarray(shape, dtype=None, strides=None, buffer="device", \
            offset=0, order="C", buffer_ctor_kwargs=dict(), \
@@ -840,9 +849,7 @@ cdef class usm_ndarray:
 
     def __bool__(self):
         if self.size == 1:
-            mem_view = dpmem.as_usm_memory(self)
-            host_buf = mem_view.copy_to_host()
-            view = host_buf.view(self.dtype)
+            view = _as_zero_dim_ndarray(self)
             return view.__bool__()
 
         if self.size == 0:
@@ -857,9 +864,7 @@ cdef class usm_ndarray:
 
     def __float__(self):
         if self.size == 1:
-            mem_view = dpmem.as_usm_memory(self)
-            host_buf = mem_view.copy_to_host()
-            view = host_buf.view(self.dtype)
+            view = _as_zero_dim_ndarray(self)
             return view.__float__()
 
         raise ValueError(
@@ -868,9 +873,7 @@ cdef class usm_ndarray:
 
     def __complex__(self):
         if self.size == 1:
-            mem_view = dpmem.as_usm_memory(self)
-            host_buf = mem_view.copy_to_host()
-            view = host_buf.view(self.dtype)
+            view = _as_zero_dim_ndarray(self)
             return view.__complex__()
 
         raise ValueError(
@@ -879,9 +882,7 @@ cdef class usm_ndarray:
 
     def __int__(self):
         if self.size == 1:
-            mem_view = dpmem.as_usm_memory(self)
-            host_buf = mem_view.copy_to_host()
-            view = host_buf.view(self.dtype)
+            view = _as_zero_dim_ndarray(self)
             return view.__int__()
 
         raise ValueError(
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
index 8e71f3931d..82b4303460 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
@@ -239,8 +239,9 @@ def test_copy_scalar_with_func(func, shape, dtype):
         X = dpt.usm_ndarray(shape, dtype=dtype)
     except dpctl.SyclDeviceCreationError:
         pytest.skip("No SYCL devices available")
-    Y = np.arange(1, X.size + 1, dtype=dtype).reshape(shape)
-    X.usm_data.copy_from_host(Y.reshape(-1).view("|u1"))
+    Y = np.arange(1, X.size + 1, dtype=dtype)
+    X.usm_data.copy_from_host(Y.view("|u1"))
+    Y.shape = tuple()
     assert func(X) == func(Y)
 
 
@@ -254,8 +255,9 @@ def test_copy_scalar_with_method(method, shape, dtype):
         X = dpt.usm_ndarray(shape, dtype=dtype)
     except dpctl.SyclDeviceCreationError:
         pytest.skip("No SYCL devices available")
-    Y = np.arange(1, X.size + 1, dtype=dtype).reshape(shape)
-    X.usm_data.copy_from_host(Y.reshape(-1).view("|u1"))
+    Y = np.arange(1, X.size + 1, dtype=dtype)
+    X.usm_data.copy_from_host(Y.view("|u1"))
+    Y.shape = tuple()
     assert getattr(X, method)() == getattr(Y, method)()