diff --git a/heat/core/logical.py b/heat/core/logical.py
index 2cf4768be1..59051006ed 100644
--- a/heat/core/logical.py
+++ b/heat/core/logical.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from . import factories
 from . import manipulations
+from . import sanitation
 
 from . import _operations
 from . import stride_tricks
@@ -516,9 +517,16 @@ def sanitize_input_type(
     x = sanitize_input_type(x, y)
     y = sanitize_input_type(y, x)
 
-    # if one of the tensors is distributed, unsplit/gather it
-    if x.split is not None and y.split is None:
-        t1 = manipulations.resplit(x, axis=None)
+    # if one of the DNDarrays is distributed and the other is not
+    if x.is_distributed() and not y.is_distributed() and y.ndim > 0:
+        t2 = factories.array(y.larray, device=x.device, split=x.split)
+        x, t2 = sanitation.sanitize_distribution(x, t2, target=x)
+        return x, t2
+
+    # if y is distributed, x is not distributed, and x is not a scalar
+    elif y.is_distributed() and not x.is_distributed() and x.ndim > 0:
+        t1 = factories.array(x.larray, device=y.device, split=y.split)
+        t1, y = sanitation.sanitize_distribution(t1, y, target=y)
         return t1, y
 
     elif x.split != y.split: