diff --git a/tabulate/__init__.py b/tabulate/__init__.py
index e100c09..9670947 100644
--- a/tabulate/__init__.py
+++ b/tabulate/__init__.py
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ def _normalize_tabular_data(tabular_data, headers, showindex="default"):
         elif (
             headers == "keys"
             and hasattr(tabular_data, "dtype")
-            and getattr(tabular_data.dtype, "names")
+            and tabular_data.dtype.names
         ):
             # numpy record array
             headers = tabular_data.dtype.names