diff --git a/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx b/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx
index 0e17fd1d..9daa215d 100644
--- a/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx
+++ b/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@ def _local_binary_pattern(double[:, ::1] image,
 
             output[r, c] = lbp
 
-    return output
+    return np.asarray(output)