diff --git a/python/cudf/benchmarks/API/bench_dataframe.py b/python/cudf/benchmarks/API/bench_dataframe.py
index 8b47a5d3d0c..ba243eb6a7c 100644
--- a/python/cudf/benchmarks/API/bench_dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/benchmarks/API/bench_dataframe.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def bench_construction(benchmark, N):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("N", [100, 100_000])
+@pytest.mark.pandas_incompatible
 def bench_construction_numba_device_array(benchmark, N):
     benchmark(cudf.DataFrame, numba.cuda.to_device(numpy.ones((100, N))))
 
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index 7cdbd733bff..52dc29974bf 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -5874,7 +5874,7 @@ def _from_arrays(
         -------
         DataFrame
         """
-        array_data = np.ndarray | cupy.ndarray
+        array_data: np.ndarray | cupy.ndarray
         if hasattr(data, "__cuda_array_interface__"):
             array_data = cupy.asarray(data, order="F")
         elif hasattr(data, "__array_interface__"):