diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
index 468bc78a79dd5..2313e28950de7 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class ArrowExtensionArray(
     Length: 3, dtype: int64[pyarrow]
     """  # noqa: E501 (http link too long)
 
-    _data: pa.ChunkedArray
+    _pa_array: pa.ChunkedArray
     _dtype: ArrowDtype
 
     def __init__(self, values: pa.Array | pa.ChunkedArray) -> None: