diff --git a/src/_arraykit.c b/src/_arraykit.c
index fe94c943..0a424aca 100644
--- a/src/_arraykit.c
+++ b/src/_arraykit.c
@@ -3770,17 +3770,29 @@ isna_element(PyObject *m, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     }
     // Try to identify Pandas Timestamp NATs
     if (PyObject_HasAttrString(element, "to_numpy")) {
-        PyObject *to_numpy = PyObject_GetAttrString(element, "to_numpy");
-        if (to_numpy == NULL) {
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        if (!PyCallable_Check(to_numpy)) {
-            Py_RETURN_FALSE;
-        }
-        PyObject* post = PyObject_CallFunction(to_numpy, NULL);
-        Py_DECREF(to_numpy);
-        if (post == NULL) return NULL;
-        return PyBool_FromLong(PyArrayScalar_VAL(post, Datetime) == NPY_DATETIME_NAT);
+        // strcmp returns 0 on match
+        return PyBool_FromLong(strcmp(element->ob_type->tp_name, "NaTType") == 0);
+        // the long way
+        // PyObject *to_numpy = PyObject_GetAttrString(element, "to_numpy");
+        // if (to_numpy == NULL) {
+        //     return NULL;
+        // }
+        // if (!PyCallable_Check(to_numpy)) {
+        //     Py_DECREF(to_numpy);
+        //     Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+        // }
+        // PyObject* scalar = PyObject_CallFunction(to_numpy, NULL);
+        // Py_DECREF(to_numpy);
+        // if (scalar == NULL) {
+        //     return NULL;
+        // }
+        // if (!PyArray_IsScalar(scalar, Datetime)) {
+        //     Py_DECREF(scalar);
+        //     Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+        // }
+        // PyObject* pb = PyBool_FromLong(PyArrayScalar_VAL(scalar, Datetime) == NPY_DATETIME_NAT);
+        // Py_DECREF(scalar);
+        // return pb;
     }
     Py_RETURN_FALSE;
 }
diff --git a/test/test_util.py b/test/test_util.py
index d778d80d..f388e4b2 100644
--- a/test/test_util.py
+++ b/test/test_util.py
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ def test_isna_element_d(self) -> None:
         ts = pd.Timestamp('nat')
         self.assertTrue(isna_element(ts))
 
+        s1 = pd.Series((0,))
+        self.assertFalse(isna_element(s1))
+
 
     def test_isna_element_e(self) -> None:
         from types import SimpleNamespace
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ def test_isna_element_e(self) -> None:
         sn.to_numpy = None
         self.assertFalse(isna_element(sn))
 
+
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def test_dtype_from_element_core_dtypes(self) -> None: