diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
index 18b52f741370f..d4be09c7e219f 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def __init__(
             if isinstance(values.dtype, ArrowDtype) and issubclass(
                 values.dtype.type, CategoricalDtypeType
             ):
-                arr = values._pa_array.combine_chunks()
+                arr = extract_array(values)._pa_array.combine_chunks()
                 categories = arr.dictionary.to_pandas(types_mapper=ArrowDtype)
                 codes = arr.indices.to_numpy()
                 dtype = CategoricalDtype(categories, values.dtype.pyarrow_dtype.ordered)