diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/base/methods.py b/pandas/tests/extension/base/methods.py
index 0e6d4892f4239..9b154a8afeabc 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/base/methods.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/base/methods.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ def test_argsort(self, data_for_sorting):
     def test_argsort_missing_array(self, data_missing_for_sorting):
         result = data_missing_for_sorting.argsort()
         expected = np.array([2, 0, 1], dtype=np.dtype("int"))
+        # we don't care whether it's int32 or int64
+        result = result.astype("int64", casting="safe")
+        expected = expected.astype("int64", casting="safe")
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
     def test_argsort_missing(self, data_missing_for_sorting):