diff --git a/array_api_compat/common/_aliases.py b/array_api_compat/common/_aliases.py
index 8792aa2e..00ff8ab5 100644
--- a/array_api_compat/common/_aliases.py
+++ b/array_api_compat/common/_aliases.py
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ def _asarray(
                 obj = np.asarray(obj).copy()
                 #print(obj)
             return xp.array(obj, dtype=dtype, **copy_kwargs)
-        return obj
 
     return xp.asarray(obj, dtype=dtype, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_common.py b/tests/test_common.py
index 66076bfe..8b0a7ae7 100644
--- a/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_common.py
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ def test_device(library):
     x2 = to_device(x, dev)
     assert device(x) == device(x2)
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("target_library,func", is_functions.items())
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("source_library", is_functions.keys())
+def test_asarray(source_library, target_library, func):
+    src_lib = import_(source_library, wrapper=True)
+    tgt_lib = import_(target_library, wrapper=True)
+    is_tgt_type = globals()[func]
+
+    a = src_lib.asarray([1, 2, 3])
+    b = tgt_lib.asarray(a)
+
+    assert is_tgt_type(b), f"Expected {b} to be a {tgt_lib.ndarray}, but was {type(b)}"
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("library", ["cupy", "numpy", "torch", "dask.array"])
 def test_to_device_host(library):