diff --git a/funlib/persistence/arrays/array.py b/funlib/persistence/arrays/array.py
index 9f0a73f..122fb35 100644
--- a/funlib/persistence/arrays/array.py
+++ b/funlib/persistence/arrays/array.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def to_ndarray(self, roi, fill_value=0):
 
         shape = roi.shape / self.voxel_size
         data = np.zeros(
-            self[self.roi].shape[: self.channel_dims] + shape, dtype=self.data.dtype
+            self.shape[: self.channel_dims] + shape, dtype=self.data.dtype
         )
         if fill_value != 0:
             data[:] = fill_value