diff --git a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
index 38695fbb8222b..0df739462b99d 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/lib.pyx
@@ -2680,14 +2680,13 @@ def maybe_convert_objects(ndarray[object] objects,
         seen.object_ = True
 
     elif seen.str_:
-        if is_string_array(objects, skipna=True):
-            if using_pyarrow_string_dtype():
-                import pyarrow as pa
+        if using_pyarrow_string_dtype() and is_string_array(objects, skipna=True):
+            import pyarrow as pa
 
-                from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import ArrowDtype
+            from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import ArrowDtype
 
-                dtype = ArrowDtype(pa.string())
-                return dtype.construct_array_type()._from_sequence(objects, dtype=dtype)
+            dtype = ArrowDtype(pa.string())
+            return dtype.construct_array_type()._from_sequence(objects, dtype=dtype)
 
         seen.object_ = True
     elif seen.interval_: