diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index 58e3f5f956..cafd0b0938 100644
--- a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
    may happen when there are very many or large auxiliary coordinates, derived
    coordinates, cell measures, or ancillary variables to be checked that span
    the concatenation axis. This issue can be avoided by disabling the
-   problematic check. (:pull:`5926`)
+   problematic check. (:pull:`5926` and :pull:`6187`)
 
 🔥 Deprecations
 ===============
diff --git a/lib/iris/_concatenate.py b/lib/iris/_concatenate.py
index 841cecfd53..ac9e699790 100644
--- a/lib/iris/_concatenate.py
+++ b/lib/iris/_concatenate.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def _hash_ndarray(a: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
 
     # Hash the bytes representing the array data.
     hash.update(b"data=")
-    if isinstance(a, np.ma.MaskedArray):
+    if np.ma.is_masked(a):
         # Hash only the unmasked data
         hash.update(a.compressed().tobytes())
         # Hash the mask
diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/unit/concatenate/test_hashing.py b/lib/iris/tests/unit/concatenate/test_hashing.py
index 7a56be1db8..24062a2af3 100644
--- a/lib/iris/tests/unit/concatenate/test_hashing.py
+++ b/lib/iris/tests/unit/concatenate/test_hashing.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
         (np.array([np.nan, 1.0]), np.array([np.nan, 1.0]), True),
         (np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[0, 1]), np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[0, 1]), True),
         (np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[0, 1]), np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[0, 0]), False),
+        (np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[1, 1]), np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[1, 1]), True),
+        (np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[0, 0]), np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[0, 0]), True),
         (da.arange(6).reshape((2, 3)), da.arange(6, chunks=1).reshape((2, 3)), True),
         (da.arange(20, chunks=1), da.arange(20, chunks=2), True),
         (
@@ -33,6 +35,21 @@
             da.ma.masked_array([1, 3], mask=[0, 1]),
             True,
         ),
+        (
+            np.arange(2),
+            da.ma.masked_array(np.arange(2), mask=[0, 0]),
+            True,
+        ),
+        (
+            np.arange(2),
+            da.ma.masked_array(np.arange(2), mask=[0, 1]),
+            False,
+        ),
+        (
+            da.ma.masked_array(np.arange(10), mask=np.zeros(10)),
+            da.ma.masked_array(np.arange(10), mask=np.ma.nomask),
+            True,
+        ),
         (
             np.ma.array([1, 2], mask=[0, 1]),
             np.ma.array([1, 3], mask=[0, 1], fill_value=10),