diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexing.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexing.py
index aec931fefbf..a4e15890cbe 100755
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexing.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexing.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     is_categorical_dtype,
     is_column_like,
     is_list_like,
+    is_numerical_dtype,
     is_scalar,
     to_cudf_compatible_scalar,
 )
@@ -164,10 +165,17 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         self._sr.iloc[key] = value
 
     def _loc_to_iloc(self, arg):
-        from cudf.core.column import column
-        from cudf.core.series import Series
-
         if is_scalar(arg):
+            if not is_numerical_dtype(self._sr.index.dtype):
+                # TODO: switch to cudf.utils.dtypes.is_integer(arg)
+                if isinstance(
+                    arg, cudf.Scalar
+                ) and pd.api.types.is_integer_dtype(arg.dtype):
+                    found_index = arg.value
+                    return found_index
+                elif pd.api.types.is_integer(arg):
+                    found_index = arg
+                    return found_index
             try:
                 found_index = self._sr.index._values.find_first_value(
                     arg, closest=False
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ def _loc_to_iloc(self, arg):
             return indices_from_labels(self._sr, arg)
 
         else:
-            arg = Series(column.as_column(arg))
+            arg = cudf.core.series.Series(cudf.core.column.as_column(arg))
             if arg.dtype in (bool, np.bool_):
                 return arg
             else:
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_indexing.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_indexing.py
index 086d59ab0f2..048e76ce009 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_indexing.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_indexing.py
@@ -102,13 +102,16 @@ def pdf_gdf_multi():
 def test_series_indexing(i1, i2, i3):
     a1 = np.arange(20)
     series = cudf.Series(a1)
+
     # Indexing
     sr1 = series.iloc[i1]
     assert sr1.null_count == 0
     np.testing.assert_equal(sr1.to_array(), a1[:12])
+
     sr2 = sr1.iloc[i2]
     assert sr2.null_count == 0
     np.testing.assert_equal(sr2.to_array(), a1[3:12])
+
     # Index with stride
     sr3 = sr2.iloc[i3]
     assert sr3.null_count == 0
@@ -123,6 +126,44 @@ def test_series_indexing(i1, i2, i3):
             assert series[i] == a1[i]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "arg",
+    [
+        1,
+        -1,
+        "b",
+        np.int32(1),
+        np.uint32(1),
+        np.int8(1),
+        np.uint8(1),
+        np.int16(1),
+        np.uint16(1),
+        np.int64(1),
+        np.uint64(1),
+    ],
+)
+def test_series_get_item_iloc_defer(arg):
+    # Indexing for non-numeric dtype Index
+    ps = pd.Series([1, 2, 3], index=pd.Index(["a", "b", "c"]))
+    gs = cudf.from_pandas(ps)
+
+    expect = ps[arg]
+    got = gs[arg]
+
+    assert_eq(expect, got)
+
+
+def test_series_iloc_defer_cudf_scalar():
+    ps = pd.Series([1, 2, 3], index=pd.Index(["a", "b", "c"]))
+    gs = cudf.from_pandas(ps)
+
+    for t in index_dtypes:
+        arg = cudf.Scalar(1, dtype=t)
+        got = gs[arg]
+        expect = 2
+        assert_eq(expect, got)
+
+
 def test_series_indexing_large_size():
     n_elem = 100_000
     gsr = cudf.Series(cupy.ones(n_elem))