diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
index 65332ae7153e2..79e05c90a21b0 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ def test_pyint_engine(self):
 
         # With missing key:
         idces = range(len(keys))
-        expected = np.array([-1] + list(idces), dtype='int64')
+        expected = np.array([-1] + list(idces), dtype=np.intp)
         missing = tuple([0, 1] * 5 * N)
         result = index.get_indexer([missing] + [keys[i] for i in idces])
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)