diff --git a/src/array_api_extra/_lib/_utils/_helpers.py b/src/array_api_extra/_lib/_utils/_helpers.py
index fbe986a1..22da8259 100644
--- a/src/array_api_extra/_lib/_utils/_helpers.py
+++ b/src/array_api_extra/_lib/_utils/_helpers.py
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ def asarrays(
         }
         kind = same_dtype[type(cast(complex, b))]
         if xp.isdtype(a.dtype, kind):
-            xb = xp.asarray(b, dtype=a.dtype)
+            xb = xp.asarray(b, dtype=a.dtype, device=_compat.device(a))
         else:
             # Undefined behaviour. Let the function deal with it, if it can.
-            xb = xp.asarray(b)
+            xb = xp.asarray(b, device=_compat.device(a))
 
     else:
         # Neither a nor b are Array API objects.
diff --git a/tests/test_funcs.py b/tests/test_funcs.py
index ac7f4d8c..a80dd3e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_funcs.py
+++ b/tests/test_funcs.py
@@ -888,6 +888,19 @@ def test_device(self, xp: ModuleType, device: Device, equal_nan: bool):
         b = xp.asarray([1e-9, 1e-4, xp.nan], device=device)
         res = isclose(a, b, equal_nan=equal_nan)
         assert get_device(res) == device
+        
+    def test_array_on_device_with_scalar(self, xp: ModuleType, device: Device):
+        a = xp.asarray([0.01, 0.5, 0.8, 0.9, 1.00001], device=device)
+        b = 1
+        res = isclose(a, b)
+        assert get_device(res) == device
+        xp_assert_equal(res, xp.asarray([False, False, False, False, True]))
+
+        a = 0.1
+        b = xp.asarray([0.01, 0.5, 0.8, 0.9, 0.100001], device=device)
+        res = isclose(a, b)
+        assert get_device(res) == device
+        xp_assert_equal(res, xp.asarray([False, False, False, False, True]))
 
 
 class TestKron: