diff --git a/src/NumSharp.Core/Backends/Default/Math/Default.ClipNDArray.cs b/src/NumSharp.Core/Backends/Default/Math/Default.ClipNDArray.cs
index fad73efd..51649fe8 100644
--- a/src/NumSharp.Core/Backends/Default/Math/Default.ClipNDArray.cs
+++ b/src/NumSharp.Core/Backends/Default/Math/Default.ClipNDArray.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ public override NDArray ClipNDArray(NDArray lhs, NDArray min, NDArray max, NPTyp
                 NumSharpException.ThrowIfNotWriteable(@out.Shape);
                 if (@out.Shape != lhs.Shape)
                     throw new ArgumentException($"@out's shape ({@out.Shape}) must match lhs's shape ({lhs.Shape}).'");
+                // Copy input data into @out - user-provided @out may contain garbage (e.g., np.empty)
+                np.copyto(@out, lhs);
             }
 
             var len = @out.size;