diff --git a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/core/binops/distance_dispatch.py b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/core/binops/distance_dispatch.py
index 8588b8db5..ea07863a8 100644
--- a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/core/binops/distance_dispatch.py
+++ b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/core/binops/distance_dispatch.py
@@ -186,9 +186,7 @@ def __call__(self):
         # Rows with misaligned indices contains nan. Here we scatter the
         # distance values to the correct indices.
         result = as_column(
-            float("nan"),
-            length=len(self._res_index),
-            dtype="float64",
+            [float("nan")] * len(self._res_index), dtype="float64"
         )
         scatter_map = as_column(
             range(len(self._res_index)), dtype="int32"