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NiAl based oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) intermetallic alloys have been produced by mechanical alloying (MA) and consolidated by hot extrusion. Subsequent isothermal annealing was carried out to induce normal grain growth (NGG), and a thermomechanical treatment was performed to induce secondary recrystallization (SRx). SRx resulted in pronounced elongated grain growth without dispersoid coarsening, whereas concurrent equiaxed coarsening of grains and dispersoids occurred in NGG specimens. Creep properties of grain coarsened ODS MA NiAl were investigated, and the associated creep mechanisms were evaluated. The creep properties of SRxed MA NiAl are compared with those of as-consolidated MA NiAl and other counterparts. It has been shown that SRx results in improved creep resistance compared to NGG mechanism. The apparent activation energy and the stress exponent for creep indicate that SRx MA NiAl exhibits intermediate creep behavior of the two limiting dislocation creep modes; climb controlled and viscous glide controlled. However, a grain size dependent creep has been shown, indicating that grain boundary sliding mechanism contributes to the overall deformation in MA NiAl.