diff --git a/sparse/numba_backend/_coo/core.py b/sparse/numba_backend/_coo/core.py
index f8d98b41..ef980fbc 100644
--- a/sparse/numba_backend/_coo/core.py
+++ b/sparse/numba_backend/_coo/core.py
@@ -1070,11 +1070,11 @@ def reshape(self, shape, order="C"):
         if order not in {"C", None}:
             raise NotImplementedError("The `order` parameter is not supported")
 
-        if self.shape == shape:
-            return self
-        if any(d == -1 for d in shape):
+        if -1 in shape:
             extra = int(self.size / np.prod([d for d in shape if d != -1]))
             shape = tuple([d if d != -1 else extra for d in shape])
+        if self.shape == shape:
+            return self
 
         if self.size != reduce(operator.mul, shape, 1):
             raise ValueError(f"cannot reshape array of size {self.size} into shape {shape}")