diff --git a/pandas/tseries/period.py b/pandas/tseries/period.py
index b4d8a6547950d..6fde54a3eeb9b 100644
--- a/pandas/tseries/period.py
+++ b/pandas/tseries/period.py
@@ -683,6 +683,11 @@ def _from_arraylike(cls, data, freq, tz):
 
                 if freq is None and len(data) > 0:
                     freq = getattr(data[0], 'freq', None)
+                    if freq is None:
+                        try:
+                            freq = getattr(Period(data[0]), 'freq', None)
+                        except Exception:
+                            pass
 
                 if freq is None:
                     raise ValueError('freq not specified and cannot be '
@@ -702,6 +707,11 @@ def _from_arraylike(cls, data, freq, tz):
             else:
                 if freq is None and len(data) > 0:
                     freq = getattr(data[0], 'freq', None)
+                    if freq is None:
+                        try:
+                            freq = getattr(Period(data[0]), 'freq', None)
+                        except Exception:
+                            pass
 
                 if freq is None:
                     raise ValueError('freq not specified and cannot be '