diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py
index 1b9759c451765..989abe69a5cc7 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ def __getitem__(
         result = cast(
             "Union[DatetimeLikeArrayT, DTScalarOrNaT]", super().__getitem__(key)
         )
-        result = super().__getitem__(key)
         if lib.is_scalar(result):
             return result
         else: