diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/c_timestamp.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/c_timestamp.pyx
index 2d3ea3e14775e..906dabba09486 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/c_timestamp.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/c_timestamp.pyx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from cpython cimport (PyObject_RichCompareBool, PyObject_RichCompare,
 
 import numpy as np
 cimport numpy as cnp
-from numpy cimport int64_t, int8_t
+from numpy cimport int64_t, int8_t, uint8_t, ndarray
 cnp.import_array()
 
 from cpython.datetime cimport (datetime,
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ cdef class _Timestamp(datetime):
         cdef:
             int64_t val
             dict kwds
-            int8_t out[1]
+            ndarray[uint8_t, cast=True] out
             int month_kw
 
         freq = self.freq