diff --git a/pandas/core/arraylike.py b/pandas/core/arraylike.py
index e505d97d04a47..3b7eab91fff10 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arraylike.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arraylike.py
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ def array_ufunc(self, ufunc: np.ufunc, method: str, *inputs: Any, **kwargs: Any)
     --------
     numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/arrays.classes.html#numpy.class.__array_ufunc__
     """
+    from pandas import DataFrame
+    from pandas import Series
     from pandas.core.generic import NDFrame
     from pandas.core.internals import BlockManager
 
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ def array_ufunc(self, ufunc: np.ufunc, method: str, *inputs: Any, **kwargs: Any)
         # so this ends up just being x1.index | x2.index, but we write
         # it to handle *args.
 
-        if len(set(types)) > 1:
+        if (any([t is DataFrame for t in types]) and any([t is Series for t in types])):
             # We currently don't handle ufunc(DataFrame, Series)
             # well. Previously this raised an internal ValueError. We might
             # support it someday, so raise a NotImplementedError.