diff --git a/yt/frontends/amrex/data_structures.py b/yt/frontends/amrex/data_structures.py
index 59fab4c4c5..8c6e2756be 100644
--- a/yt/frontends/amrex/data_structures.py
+++ b/yt/frontends/amrex/data_structures.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def _reconstruct_parent_child(self):
             get_box_grids_level(
                 self.grid_left_edge[i, :],
                 self.grid_right_edge[i, :],
-                self.grid_levels[i] + 1,
+                self.grid_levels[i].item() + 1,
                 self.grid_left_edge,
                 self.grid_right_edge,
                 self.grid_levels,
diff --git a/yt/frontends/athena/data_structures.py b/yt/frontends/athena/data_structures.py
index 3378ec1b11..c0e1a92cf2 100644
--- a/yt/frontends/athena/data_structures.py
+++ b/yt/frontends/athena/data_structures.py
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def _reconstruct_parent_child(self):
             get_box_grids_level(
                 self.grid_left_edge[i, :],
                 self.grid_right_edge[i, :],
-                self.grid_levels[i] + 1,
+                self.grid_levels[i].item() + 1,
                 self.grid_left_edge,
                 self.grid_right_edge,
                 self.grid_levels,
diff --git a/yt/frontends/chombo/data_structures.py b/yt/frontends/chombo/data_structures.py
index 8bffd1ab1a..df93c64cda 100644
--- a/yt/frontends/chombo/data_structures.py
+++ b/yt/frontends/chombo/data_structures.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def _reconstruct_parent_child(self):
             get_box_grids_level(
                 self.grid_left_edge[i, :],
                 self.grid_right_edge[i, :],
-                self.grid_levels[i] + 1,
+                self.grid_levels[i].item() + 1,
                 self.grid_left_edge,
                 self.grid_right_edge,
                 self.grid_levels,
diff --git a/yt/frontends/gdf/data_structures.py b/yt/frontends/gdf/data_structures.py
index 1bb7a88b66..0817c2aa1b 100644
--- a/yt/frontends/gdf/data_structures.py
+++ b/yt/frontends/gdf/data_structures.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _populate_grid_objects(self):
             get_box_grids_level(
                 self.grid_left_edge[gi, :],
                 self.grid_right_edge[gi, :],
-                self.grid_levels[gi],
+                self.grid_levels[gi].item(),
                 self.grid_left_edge,
                 self.grid_right_edge,
                 self.grid_levels,
diff --git a/yt/frontends/stream/data_structures.py b/yt/frontends/stream/data_structures.py
index f1d4db1b13..68b6f18ac4 100644
--- a/yt/frontends/stream/data_structures.py
+++ b/yt/frontends/stream/data_structures.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def _reconstruct_parent_child(self):
             get_box_grids_level(
                 self.grid_left_edge[i, :],
                 self.grid_right_edge[i, :],
-                self.grid_levels[i] + 1,
+                self.grid_levels[i].item() + 1,
                 self.grid_left_edge,
                 self.grid_right_edge,
                 self.grid_levels,