diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/_base_index.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/_base_index.py
index a6abd63d042..dfa3ef0df92 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/_base_index.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/_base_index.py
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ def _intersection(self, other, sort=None):
             ._data
         )
 
-        if sort is {None, True} and len(other):
+        if sort in {None, True} and len(other):
             return intersection_result.sort_values()
         return intersection_result