diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f3cf1b0facb..b72d0136484 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Alex Lambson
 Alexander Johnson
 Alexander King
 Alexei Kozlenok
+algojogacor
 Alice Purcell
 Allan Feldman
 Aly Sivji
diff --git a/changelog/14456.bugfix.rst b/changelog/14456.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccd9ca20a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/14456.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed :func:`pytest.approx` not recognizing types with ``__array_interface__`` as numpy-like arrays.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python_api.py b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
index cc2a2b7126a..f22a0f5016d 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python_api.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
@@ -925,6 +925,6 @@ def _as_numpy_array(obj: object) -> ndarray | None:
             return None
         elif isinstance(obj, np.ndarray):
             return obj
-        elif hasattr(obj, "__array__") or hasattr("obj", "__array_interface__"):
+        elif hasattr(obj, "__array__") or hasattr(obj, "__array_interface__"):
             return np.asarray(obj)
     return None