diff --git a/narwhals/_pandas_like/series.py b/narwhals/_pandas_like/series.py
index f2589f0e5..b4631bbf7 100644
--- a/narwhals/_pandas_like/series.py
+++ b/narwhals/_pandas_like/series.py
@@ -867,8 +867,19 @@ def ordinal_day(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
             )
         )
 
+    def _get_total_seconds(self) -> Any:
+        if hasattr(self._pandas_series._native_series.dt, "total_seconds"):
+            return self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.total_seconds()
+        else:  # pragma: no cover
+            return (
+                self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.days * 86400
+                + self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.seconds
+                + (self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.microseconds / 1e6)
+                + (self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.nanoseconds / 1e9)
+            )
+
     def total_minutes(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
-        s = self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.total_seconds()
+        s = self._get_total_seconds()
         s_sign = (
             2 * (s > 0).astype(int_dtype_mapper(s.dtype)) - 1
         )  # this calculates the sign of each series element
@@ -878,7 +889,7 @@ def total_minutes(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
         return self._pandas_series._from_native_series(s_abs * s_sign)
 
     def total_seconds(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
-        s = self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.total_seconds()
+        s = self._get_total_seconds()
         s_sign = (
             2 * (s > 0).astype(int_dtype_mapper(s.dtype)) - 1
         )  # this calculates the sign of each series element
@@ -888,7 +899,7 @@ def total_seconds(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
         return self._pandas_series._from_native_series(s_abs * s_sign)
 
     def total_milliseconds(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
-        s = self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.total_seconds() * 1e3
+        s = self._get_total_seconds() * 1e3
         s_sign = (
             2 * (s > 0).astype(int_dtype_mapper(s.dtype)) - 1
         )  # this calculates the sign of each series element
@@ -898,7 +909,7 @@ def total_milliseconds(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
         return self._pandas_series._from_native_series(s_abs * s_sign)
 
     def total_microseconds(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
-        s = self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.total_seconds() * 1e6
+        s = self._get_total_seconds() * 1e6
         s_sign = (
             2 * (s > 0).astype(int_dtype_mapper(s.dtype)) - 1
         )  # this calculates the sign of each series element
@@ -908,7 +919,7 @@ def total_microseconds(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
         return self._pandas_series._from_native_series(s_abs * s_sign)
 
     def total_nanoseconds(self) -> PandasLikeSeries:
-        s = self._pandas_series._native_series.dt.total_seconds() * 1e9
+        s = self._get_total_seconds() * 1e9
         s_sign = (
             2 * (s > 0).astype(int_dtype_mapper(s.dtype)) - 1
         )  # this calculates the sign of each series element
diff --git a/tests/expr_and_series/dt/datetime_duration_test.py b/tests/expr_and_series/dt/datetime_duration_test.py
index 9a93591c9..09f227c79 100644
--- a/tests/expr_and_series/dt/datetime_duration_test.py
+++ b/tests/expr_and_series/dt/datetime_duration_test.py
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ def test_duration_attributes(
 ) -> None:
     if PANDAS_VERSION < (2, 2) and "pandas_pyarrow" in str(constructor):
         request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
-    if "cudf" in str(constructor):
-        request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
 
     df = nw.from_native(constructor(data))
 
@@ -81,8 +79,6 @@ def test_duration_attributes_series(
 ) -> None:
     if PANDAS_VERSION < (2, 2) and "pandas_pyarrow" in str(constructor_eager):
         request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
-    if "cudf" in str(constructor_eager):
-        request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
 
     df = nw.from_native(constructor_eager(data), eager_only=True)