diff --git a/coremltools/converters/mil/mil/ops/defs/iOS15/elementwise_unary.py b/coremltools/converters/mil/mil/ops/defs/iOS15/elementwise_unary.py
index 25b0295d0..4122a757b 100644
--- a/coremltools/converters/mil/mil/ops/defs/iOS15/elementwise_unary.py
+++ b/coremltools/converters/mil/mil/ops/defs/iOS15/elementwise_unary.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def type_inference(self):
 
     @precondition(allow=VALUE)
     def value_inference(self):
-        return np.array(np.reciprocal(self.x.val + self.epsilon.val), copy=False)
+        return np.asarray(np.reciprocal(self.x.val + self.epsilon.val))
 
 
 @register_op