diff --git a/pandas/tests/reshape/test_cut.py b/pandas/tests/reshape/test_cut.py
index 0811c69859c0d..340c5c449aea7 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/reshape/test_cut.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/reshape/test_cut.py
@@ -789,3 +789,17 @@ def test_cut_with_nullable_int64():
     result = cut(series, bins=bins)
 
     tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+
+def test_cut_datetime_array_no_attributeerror():
+    # GH 55431
+    ser = Series(to_datetime(["2023-10-06 12:00:00+0000", "2023-10-07 12:00:00+0000"]))
+
+    result = cut(ser.array, bins=2)
+
+    categories = result.categories
+    expected = Categorical.from_codes([0, 1], categories=categories, ordered=True)
+
+    tm.assert_categorical_equal(
+        result, expected, check_dtype=True, check_category_order=True
+    )