diff --git a/spacy/ml/extract_spans.py b/spacy/ml/extract_spans.py
index 503873e96..d5e9bc07c 100644
--- a/spacy/ml/extract_spans.py
+++ b/spacy/ml/extract_spans.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def forward(
         Y = Ragged(X.dataXd[indices], spans.dataXd[:, 1] - spans.dataXd[:, 0])  # type: ignore[arg-type, index]
     else:
         Y = Ragged(
-            ops.xp.zeros((0, 0), dtype=X.dataXd.dtype),
-            ops.xp.zeros((0,), dtype="i"),
+            ops.xp.zeros(X.dataXd.shape, dtype=X.dataXd.dtype),
+            ops.xp.zeros((len(X.lengths),), dtype="i"),
         )
     x_shape = X.dataXd.shape
     x_lengths = X.lengths