diff --git a/fletcher/base.py b/fletcher/base.py
index 19b41554..90bed7f7 100644
--- a/fletcher/base.py
+++ b/fletcher/base.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import ExtensionDtype, register_extension_dtype
 
 from fletcher._algorithms import (
-    extract_isnull_bytemap,
     kurt_op,
     max_op,
     median_op,
@@ -432,14 +431,6 @@ def __len__(self) -> int:
         """
         return self.shape[0]
 
-    def isna(self) -> np.ndarray:
-        """
-        Boolean NumPy array indicating if each value is missing.
-
-        This should return a 1-D array the same length as 'self'.
-        """
-        return extract_isnull_bytemap(self.data)
-
     @property
     def base(self) -> Union[pa.Array, pa.ChunkedArray]:
         """Return base object of the underlying data."""
@@ -531,6 +522,13 @@ def __array_ufunc__(self, ufunc, method: str, *inputs, **kwargs):
                 raise NotImplementedError(
                     f"Only method == '__call__' is supported in ufuncs, not '{method}'"
                 )
+        if len(inputs) == 1:
+            if getattr(ufunc, "__name__") == "isnan":
+                return self.isna()
+            else:
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    f"ufunc with single input not supported: {ufunc}"
+                )
         if len(inputs) != 2:
             raise NotImplementedError("Only ufuncs with a second input are supported")
         if len(kwargs) > 0:
@@ -843,6 +841,14 @@ def value_counts(self, dropna: bool = True) -> "pd.Series":
 
         return pd.Series(counts, index=index)
 
+    def isna(self) -> np.ndarray:
+        """
+        Boolean NumPy array indicating if each value is missing.
+
+        This should return a 1-D array the same length as 'self'.
+        """
+        return np.array(self.data.is_null())
+
 
 class FletcherContinuousArray(FletcherBaseArray):
     """Pandas ExtensionArray implementation backed by Apache Arrow's pyarrow.Array."""