diff --git a/src/zarr/testing/utils.py b/src/zarr/testing/utils.py
index 0a93b93fdb..28d6774286 100644
--- a/src/zarr/testing/utils.py
+++ b/src/zarr/testing/utils.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def has_cupy() -> bool:
 # Decorator for GPU tests
 def gpu_test(func: T_Callable) -> T_Callable:
     return cast(
-        T_Callable,
+        "T_Callable",
         pytest.mark.gpu(
             pytest.mark.skipif(not has_cupy(), reason="CuPy not installed or no GPU available")(
                 func
diff --git a/tests/test_buffer.py b/tests/test_buffer.py
index 33ac0266eb..d6175ad506 100644
--- a/tests/test_buffer.py
+++ b/tests/test_buffer.py
@@ -148,6 +148,34 @@ async def test_codecs_use_of_gpu_prototype() -> None:
     assert cp.array_equal(expect, got)
 
 
+@gpu_test
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_sharding_use_of_gpu_prototype() -> None:
+    with zarr.config.enable_gpu():
+        expect = cp.zeros((10, 10), dtype="uint16", order="F")
+
+        a = await zarr.api.asynchronous.create_array(
+            StorePath(MemoryStore()) / "test_codecs_use_of_gpu_prototype",
+            shape=expect.shape,
+            chunks=(5, 5),
+            shards=(10, 10),
+            dtype=expect.dtype,
+            fill_value=0,
+        )
+        expect[:] = cp.arange(100).reshape(10, 10)
+
+        await a.setitem(
+            selection=(slice(0, 10), slice(0, 10)),
+            value=expect[:],
+            prototype=gpu.buffer_prototype,
+        )
+        got = await a.getitem(
+            selection=(slice(0, 10), slice(0, 10)), prototype=gpu.buffer_prototype
+        )
+        assert isinstance(got, cp.ndarray)
+        assert cp.array_equal(expect, got)
+
+
 def test_numpy_buffer_prototype() -> None:
     buffer = cpu.buffer_prototype.buffer.create_zero_length()
     ndbuffer = cpu.buffer_prototype.nd_buffer.create(shape=(1, 2), dtype=np.dtype("int64"))
@@ -155,3 +183,13 @@ def test_numpy_buffer_prototype() -> None:
     assert isinstance(ndbuffer.as_ndarray_like(), np.ndarray)
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Buffer does not contain a single scalar value"):
         ndbuffer.as_scalar()
+
+
+@gpu_test
+def test_gpu_buffer_prototype() -> None:
+    buffer = gpu.buffer_prototype.buffer.create_zero_length()
+    ndbuffer = gpu.buffer_prototype.nd_buffer.create(shape=(1, 2), dtype=cp.dtype("int64"))
+    assert isinstance(buffer.as_array_like(), cp.ndarray)
+    assert isinstance(ndbuffer.as_ndarray_like(), cp.ndarray)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Buffer does not contain a single scalar value"):
+        ndbuffer.as_scalar()