diff --git a/pykeops/pykeops/common/lazy_tensor.py b/pykeops/pykeops/common/lazy_tensor.py
index 791c5a2da..61b2368ea 100644
--- a/pykeops/pykeops/common/lazy_tensor.py
+++ b/pykeops/pykeops/common/lazy_tensor.py
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ def __init__(self, x=None, axis=None):
             )
 
         if typex == self.tools.arraytype and len(x.shape) == 0:
-            x = x.view(1)
+            x = x.reshape(1)
         elif typex in self.tools.float_types:
-            x = self.tools.arraytype([x]).view(1)
+            x = self.tools.arraytype([x]).reshape(1)
 
         if typex == self.tools.arraytype:
             if len(x.shape) >= 3:  # Infer axis from the input shape