diff --git a/pandas/core/strings/object_array.py b/pandas/core/strings/object_array.py
index dc4550484fa3b..b794690ccc5af 100644
--- a/pandas/core/strings/object_array.py
+++ b/pandas/core/strings/object_array.py
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ def scalar_rep(x):
             return self._str_map(scalar_rep, dtype=str)
         else:
             from pandas.core.arrays.string_ import StringArray
+            from pandas.core.arrays.string_arrow import ArrowStringArray
 
             def rep(x, r):
                 if x is libmissing.NA:
@@ -209,9 +210,9 @@ def rep(x, r):
 
             repeats = np.asarray(repeats, dtype=object)
             result = libops.vec_binop(np.asarray(self), repeats, rep)
-            if isinstance(self, StringArray):
+            if isinstance(self, (StringArray, ArrowStringArray)):
                 # Not going through map, so we have to do this here.
-                result = StringArray._from_sequence(result)
+                result = type(self)._from_sequence(result)
             return result
 
     def _str_match(
diff --git a/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py b/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py
index a809446f0bc06..06b22f00a38cf 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py
@@ -136,14 +136,8 @@ def test_repeat():
     tm.assert_series_equal(rs, xp)
 
 
-def test_repeat_with_null(nullable_string_dtype, request):
+def test_repeat_with_null(nullable_string_dtype):
     # GH: 31632
-
-    if nullable_string_dtype == "arrow_string":
-        reason = 'Attribute "dtype" are different'
-        mark = pytest.mark.xfail(reason=reason)
-        request.node.add_marker(mark)
-
     ser = Series(["a", None], dtype=nullable_string_dtype)
     result = ser.str.repeat([3, 4])
     expected = Series(["aaa", None], dtype=nullable_string_dtype)