diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_algos.py b/pandas/tests/test_algos.py
index f99f18ac4b9bb..3c8c91ab30d3f 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_algos.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_algos.py
@@ -1597,6 +1597,7 @@ def test_take_empty(self, allow_fill):
             algos.take(arr, [0], allow_fill=allow_fill)
 
     def test_take_na_empty(self):
-        result = algos.take([], [-1, -1], allow_fill=True, fill_value=0)
-        expected = np.array([0, 0], dtype=np.int64)
+        result = algos.take(np.array([]), [-1, -1], allow_fill=True,
+                            fill_value=0.0)
+        expected = np.array([0., 0.])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)