diff --git a/test/test_arraycontext.py b/test/test_arraycontext.py
index 96504089bac955ec0e47e909cf450274b2c68bb8..faadf73be7a3805e57eba39c3a8808ca2f907a7c 100644
--- a/test/test_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_arraycontext.py
@@ -407,8 +407,9 @@ def test_dof_array_reductions_same_as_numpy(actx_factory):
         ary = np.random.randn(3000)
         np_red = getattr(np, name)(ary)
         actx_red = getattr(actx.np, name)(actx.from_numpy(ary))
+        if not np.isscalar(actx_red):
+            actx_red = actx.to_numpy(actx_red)
 
-        assert isinstance(actx_red, Number)
         assert np.allclose(np_red, actx_red)
 
 # }}}