diff --git a/rapids_dask_dependency/patches/distributed/comm/__rdd_patch_ucx.py b/rapids_dask_dependency/patches/distributed/comm/__rdd_patch_ucx.py
index 974e256..51da536 100644
--- a/rapids_dask_dependency/patches/distributed/comm/__rdd_patch_ucx.py
+++ b/rapids_dask_dependency/patches/distributed/comm/__rdd_patch_ucx.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import functools
 import logging
+import operator
 import os
 import struct
 import weakref
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
     has_cuda_context,
 )
 from distributed.protocol.utils import host_array
-from distributed.utils import ensure_ip, get_ip, get_ipv6, log_errors, nbytes
+from distributed.utils import ensure_ip, get_ip, get_ipv6, log_errors, nbytes as _nbytes
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -51,6 +52,31 @@
 cuda_context_created = False
 
 
+def nbytes(f):
+    try:
+        return _nbytes(f)
+    except TypeError as e:
+        if hasattr(f, "__cuda_array_interface__"):
+            interface = f.__cuda_array_interface__
+            shape = interface["shape"]
+            typestr = interface["typestr"]
+            strides = interface.get("strides")
+
+            # Get element size from typestr, format is two character specifying
+            # the type and the latter part is the number of bytes. E.g., '<f4' for
+            # 32-bit (4-byte) float.
+            element_size = int(typestr[2:])
+
+            if strides is not None:
+                raise NotImplementedError("Support for strides is not implemented")
+            else:
+                num_elements = functools.reduce(operator.mul, shape)
+
+            return num_elements * element_size
+        else:
+            raise e
+
+
 _warning_suffix = (
     "This is often the result of a CUDA-enabled library calling a CUDA runtime function before "
     "Dask-CUDA can spawn worker processes. Please make sure any such function calls don't happen "