diff --git a/xarray/core/computation.py b/xarray/core/computation.py
index bbaae1f5b36..7f60da7e1b2 100644
--- a/xarray/core/computation.py
+++ b/xarray/core/computation.py
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ def dot(*arrays, dims=None, **kwargs):
         join=join,
         dask="allowed",
     )
-    return result.transpose(*[d for d in all_dims if d in result.dims])
+    return result.transpose(*all_dims, missing_dims="ignore")
 
 
 def where(cond, x, y):