diff --git a/test/test_arraycontext.py b/test/test_arraycontext.py
index eb55fb431f62547070f2dfedd7f7dac7894efe4a..df732e717c657359572dc0ecb7fb2b09c9db39e1 100644
--- a/test/test_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_arraycontext.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def test_dof_array_reductions_same_as_numpy(actx_factory, op):
     else:
         assert isinstance(actx_red, Number)
 
-    assert np.allclose(np_red, actx.to_numpy(actx_red))
+    assert np.allclose(np_red, actx_red)
 
 # }}}