diff --git a/xarray/core/indexing.py b/xarray/core/indexing.py
index 6e6ce01a41f..8f7fb3504f3 100644
--- a/xarray/core/indexing.py
+++ b/xarray/core/indexing.py
@@ -860,8 +860,8 @@ def explicit_indexing_adapter(
     raw_key, numpy_indices = decompose_indexer(key, shape, indexing_support)
     result = raw_indexing_method(raw_key.tuple)
     if numpy_indices.tuple:
-        # index the loaded np.ndarray
-        result = NumpyIndexingAdapter(result)[numpy_indices]
+        # index the loaded ndarray
+        result = as_indexable(result)[numpy_indices]
     return result