From c46bed0b553b07d1e56495e09373cce4eefd0125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "denis.smirnov" <denis.smirnov@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:31:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue discovered by test tests/test_statistics.py on GPU

---
 dpnp/dpnp_iface_statistics.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dpnp/dpnp_iface_statistics.py b/dpnp/dpnp_iface_statistics.py
index a18dfb13af9..408706f5628 100644
--- a/dpnp/dpnp_iface_statistics.py
+++ b/dpnp/dpnp_iface_statistics.py
@@ -547,7 +547,9 @@ def nanvar(x1, axis=None, dtype=None, out=None, ddof=0, keepdims=False):
 
     x1_desc = dpnp.get_dpnp_descriptor(x1)
     if x1_desc:
-        if axis is not None:
+        if x1.size == 0:
+            pass
+        elif axis is not None:
             pass
         elif dtype is not None:
             pass