diff --git a/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py b/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py
index 3e3ff68bb8719..50aaac211c7a5 100644
--- a/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py
+++ b/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 import pandas.core.common as com
 from pandas.core.construction import extract_array
 from pandas.core.frame import _merge_doc
-from pandas.core.internals import concatenate_managers
 from pandas.core.sorting import is_int64_overflow_possible
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -716,28 +715,69 @@ def __init__(
         if validate is not None:
             self._validate(validate)
 
-    def get_result(self, copy: bool = True) -> DataFrame:
-        if self.indicator:
-            self.left, self.right = self._indicator_pre_merge(self.left, self.right)
-
-        join_index, left_indexer, right_indexer = self._get_join_info()
+    def _reindex_and_concat(
+        self,
+        join_index: Index,
+        left_indexer: npt.NDArray[np.intp] | None,
+        right_indexer: npt.NDArray[np.intp] | None,
+        copy: bool,
+    ) -> DataFrame:
+        """
+        reindex along index and concat along columns.
+        """
+        # Take views so we do not alter the originals
+        left = self.left[:]
+        right = self.right[:]
 
         llabels, rlabels = _items_overlap_with_suffix(
             self.left._info_axis, self.right._info_axis, self.suffixes
         )
 
-        lindexers = {1: left_indexer} if left_indexer is not None else {}
-        rindexers = {1: right_indexer} if right_indexer is not None else {}
+        if left_indexer is not None:
+            # Pinning the index here (and in the right code just below) is not
+            #  necessary, but makes the `.take` more performant if we have e.g.
+            #  a MultiIndex for left.index.
+            lmgr = left._mgr.reindex_indexer(
+                join_index,
+                left_indexer,
+                axis=1,
+                copy=False,
+                only_slice=True,
+                allow_dups=True,
+                use_na_proxy=True,
+            )
+            left = left._constructor(lmgr)
+        left.index = join_index
+
+        if right_indexer is not None:
+            rmgr = right._mgr.reindex_indexer(
+                join_index,
+                right_indexer,
+                axis=1,
+                copy=False,
+                only_slice=True,
+                allow_dups=True,
+                use_na_proxy=True,
+            )
+            right = right._constructor(rmgr)
+        right.index = join_index
 
-        result_data = concatenate_managers(
-            [(self.left._mgr, lindexers), (self.right._mgr, rindexers)],
-            axes=[llabels.append(rlabels), join_index],
-            concat_axis=0,
-            copy=copy,
-        )
+        from pandas import concat
 
-        typ = self.left._constructor
-        result = typ(result_data).__finalize__(self, method=self._merge_type)
+        result = concat([left, right], axis=1, copy=copy)
+        result.columns = llabels.append(rlabels)
+        return result
+
+    def get_result(self, copy: bool = True) -> DataFrame:
+        if self.indicator:
+            self.left, self.right = self._indicator_pre_merge(self.left, self.right)
+
+        join_index, left_indexer, right_indexer = self._get_join_info()
+
+        result = self._reindex_and_concat(
+            join_index, left_indexer, right_indexer, copy=copy
+        )
+        result = result.__finalize__(self, method=self._merge_type)
 
         if self.indicator:
             result = self._indicator_post_merge(result)
@@ -1725,19 +1765,9 @@ def get_result(self, copy: bool = True) -> DataFrame:
             left_join_indexer = left_indexer
             right_join_indexer = right_indexer
 
-        lindexers = {1: left_join_indexer} if left_join_indexer is not None else {}
-        rindexers = {1: right_join_indexer} if right_join_indexer is not None else {}
-
-        result_data = concatenate_managers(
-            [(self.left._mgr, lindexers), (self.right._mgr, rindexers)],
-            axes=[llabels.append(rlabels), join_index],
-            concat_axis=0,
-            copy=copy,
+        result = self._reindex_and_concat(
+            join_index, left_join_indexer, right_join_indexer, copy=copy
         )
-
-        typ = self.left._constructor
-        result = typ(result_data)
-
         self._maybe_add_join_keys(result, left_indexer, right_indexer)
 
         return result