diff --git a/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/array_sequence_ops.py b/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/array_sequence_ops.py
index 0a28f45cb4..815cb06f4b 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/array_sequence_ops.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/dpnp_iface/array_sequence_ops.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from numba.core.types.misc import NoneType
 from numba.core.types.scalars import Boolean, Complex, Float, Integer
 from numba.extending import intrinsic, overload
+from numba.np.numpy_support import is_nonelike
 
 import numba_dpex.utils as utils
 from numba_dpex.core.types import DpnpNdArray
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ def _normalize(builder, src, src_type, dest_type):
         else:
             return builder.uitofp(src, dest_llvm_type)
     elif isinstance(src_type, Float) and isinstance(dest_type, Integer):
-        if src_type.signed:
+        if dest_type.signed:
             return builder.fptosi(src, dest_llvm_type)
         else:
             return builder.fptoui(src, dest_llvm_type)
@@ -201,14 +202,14 @@ def _compute_array_length_ir(
     u64 = llvmir.IntType(64)
     one = context.get_constant(types.float64, 1)
 
-    ll = _normalize(builder, start_ir, start_arg_type, types.float64)
-    ul = _normalize(builder, stop_ir, stop_arg_type, types.float64)
+    lb = _normalize(builder, start_ir, start_arg_type, types.float64)
+    ub = _normalize(builder, stop_ir, stop_arg_type, types.float64)
     d = _normalize(builder, step_ir, step_arg_type, types.float64)
 
     # Doing ceil(a,b) = (a-1)/b + 1 to avoid overflow
     array_length = builder.fptosi(
         builder.fadd(
-            builder.fdiv(builder.fsub(builder.fsub(ul, ll), one), d),
+            builder.fdiv(builder.fsub(builder.fsub(ub, lb), one), d),
             one,
         ),
         u64,
@@ -379,27 +380,27 @@ def ol_dpnp_arange(
     sycl_queue=None,
 ):
     if isinstance(start, Complex) or (
-        dtype is not None and isinstance(dtype.dtype, Complex)
+        (not isinstance(dtype, NoneType)) and isinstance(dtype.dtype, Complex)
     ):
         raise errors.NumbaNotImplementedError(
             "Complex type is not supported yet."
         )
     if isinstance(start, Boolean) or (
-        dtype is not None and isinstance(dtype.dtype, Boolean)
+        (not isinstance(dtype, NoneType)) and isinstance(dtype.dtype, Boolean)
     ):
         raise errors.NumbaTypeError(
             "Boolean is not supported by dpnp.arange()."
         )
 
-    if stop is None:
+    if is_nonelike(stop):
         start = 0
         stop = 1
-    if step is None:
+    if is_nonelike(step):
         step = 1
 
     _dtype = (
         _parse_dtype(dtype)
-        if dtype is not None
+        if not is_nonelike(dtype)
         else _parse_dtype_from_range(start, stop, step)
     )
 
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_arange.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_arange.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dbb40ee2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_arange.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 - 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""Tests for dpnp.arange() constructor."""
+
+import dpctl
+import dpnp
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+from numba import errors
+
+from numba_dpex import dpjit
+from numba_dpex.tests._helper import get_all_dtypes
+
+dtypes = get_all_dtypes(
+    no_bool=True, no_float16=True, no_none=False, no_complex=True
+)
+usm_types = ["device", "shared", "host"]
+ranges = [
+    [1, None, None],
+    [1, 10, None],
+    [1, 10, 1],
+    pytest.param(
+        [-1.0, None, None],
+        marks=pytest.mark.xfail(
+            reason="numba-dpex can't allocate an empty array"
+        ),
+    ),
+    pytest.param(
+        [-1.0, 10, -2], marks=pytest.mark.xfail(reason="infinite loop")
+    ),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", dtypes)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("range", ranges)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("usm_type", usm_types)
+def test_dpnp_arange_start(range, dtype, usm_type):
+    @dpjit
+    def func(lb, ub, dx, dt, ut, dv):
+        x = dpnp.arange(lb, ub, dx, dtype=dt, usm_type=ut, device=dv)
+        return x
+
+    device = dpctl.SyclDevice().filter_string
+    try:
+        c = func(*range, dtype, usm_type, device)
+    except Exception:
+        pytest.fail("Calling dpnp.arange() inside dpjit failed.")
+
+    a = dpnp.arange(*range, dtype=dtype, usm_type=usm_type, device=device)
+
+    print(a, c)
+
+    assert a.dtype == c.dtype
+    assert np.array_equal(a.asnumpy(), c.asnumpy())
+    assert c.usm_type == usm_type
+    assert c.sycl_device.filter_string == device
+    if c.sycl_queue != dpctl._sycl_queue_manager.get_device_cached_queue(
+        device
+    ):
+        pytest.xfail(
+            "Returned queue does not have the same queue as cached against the device."
+        )