diff --git a/src/galois/_domains/_ufunc.py b/src/galois/_domains/_ufunc.py
index 72168b6da..7660a4a6e 100644
--- a/src/galois/_domains/_ufunc.py
+++ b/src/galois/_domains/_ufunc.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ def __call__(self, ufunc, method, inputs, kwargs, meta):
             self._verify_operands_in_field_or_int(ufunc, inputs, meta)
             inputs, kwargs = self._view_inputs_as_ndarray(inputs, kwargs)
             i = meta["non_field_operands"][0]  # Scalar multiplicand
-            inputs[i] = np.mod(inputs[i], self.field.characteristic)
+            inputs[i] = np.mod(inputs[i], self.field.characteristic, dtype=meta["dtype"])
         inputs, kwargs = self._view_inputs_as_ndarray(inputs, kwargs)
         output = getattr(self.ufunc, method)(*inputs, **kwargs)
         output = self._view_output_as_field(output, self.field, meta["dtype"])