diff --git a/sumpy/expansion/local.py b/sumpy/expansion/local.py
index 483bc0eb16fcee7b43d54aedb4eaa8092f593620..884332572d94e7dfbb11f5a5797227fb2e33737f 100644
--- a/sumpy/expansion/local.py
+++ b/sumpy/expansion/local.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class VolumeTaylorLocalExpansionBase(LocalExpansionBase):
         evaluated_coeffs = (
             self.derivative_wrangler.get_full_kernel_derivatives_from_stored(
                 coeffs, rscale))
-        bvec = bvec * rscale**-1
+        bvec = [sym.UnevaluatedExpr(b * rscale**-1) for b in bvec]
         result = sum(
                 coeff
                 * mi_power(bvec, mi)