diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py
index 5ffd07bc9de..b69f22ade81 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py
@@ -10378,5 +10378,5 @@ def test_dataframe_init_from_nested_dict():
 
 def test_data_frame_values_no_cols_but_index():
     result = cudf.DataFrame(index=range(5)).values
-    expected = cupy.empty((5, 0), dtype=np.dtype("float64"), order="F")
+    expected = pd.DataFrame(index=range(5)).values
     assert_eq(result, expected)