diff --git a/pytato/utils.py b/pytato/utils.py
index de611f509..55f9a7881 100644
--- a/pytato/utils.py
+++ b/pytato/utils.py
@@ -226,11 +226,12 @@ def cast_to_result_type(
             assert result_dtype != np.bool_
 
             expr = TypeCast(result_dtype, expr)
-        elif isinstance(expr, (complex,)) and not isinstance(expr, np.generic):
-            # See https://github.com/inducer/pytato/pull/247 and
-            # https://github.com/inducer/pytato/issues/542
-            expr = np.dtype(type(expr)).type(expr)
-            return expr
+        elif isinstance(expr, SCALAR_CLASSES):
+            # See https://github.com/inducer/pytato/issues/542
+            # on why pow() + integers is handled separately
+            if (op != prim.Power and np.issubdtype(type(expr), np.integer)
+                and not np.issubdtype(result_dtype, np.integer)):
+                expr = result_dtype.type(expr)
 
         return expr