diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py
index a9a8a4f3add92..3ef6ab6209ea7 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def setup(self, offset):
         self.rng = rng
 
     def time_apply_index(self, offset):
-        offset.apply_index(self.rng)
+        self.rng + offset
 
 
 class BinaryOpsMultiIndex: