diff --git a/pandas/core/ops/common.py b/pandas/core/ops/common.py
index 5cbe1c421e05a..3c2bb95b86829 100644
--- a/pandas/core/ops/common.py
+++ b/pandas/core/ops/common.py
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ def unpack_zerodim_and_defer(name: str) -> Callable[[F], F]:
     decorator
     """
 
-    def wrapper(method: F) -> F:
-        return _unpack_zerodim_and_defer(method, name)
+    # Optimize by making wrapper a local function at module scope, leveraging closure only for 'name'.
+    # This reduces creation overhead for each call to unpack_zerodim_and_defer.
+
+    def wrapper(method: F, _name=name) -> F:
+        return _unpack_zerodim_and_defer(method, _name)
 
     return wrapper