diff --git a/dask/dataframe/__init__.py b/dask/dataframe/__init__.py
index b247c4b763e..0f64a152d5b 100644
--- a/dask/dataframe/__init__.py
+++ b/dask/dataframe/__init__.py
@@ -14,67 +14,82 @@ def _dask_expr_enabled() -> bool:
 
 
 if _dask_expr_enabled():
-    from dask_expr import (
-        DataFrame,
-        Index,
-        Series,
-        concat,
-        from_array,
-        from_dask_array,
-        from_dask_dataframe,
-        from_delayed,
-        from_dict,
-        from_graph,
-        from_map,
-        from_pandas,
-        get_dummies,
-        isna,
-        map_overlap,
-        map_partitions,
-        merge,
-        merge_asof,
-        pivot_table,
-        read_csv,
-        read_hdf,
-        read_json,
-        read_orc,
-        read_parquet,
-        read_sql,
-        read_sql_query,
-        read_sql_table,
-        read_table,
-        repartition,
-        to_bag,
-        to_csv,
-        to_datetime,
-        to_hdf,
-        to_json,
-        to_numeric,
-        to_orc,
-        to_parquet,
-        to_records,
-        to_sql,
-        to_timedelta,
-    )
+    try:
+        from dask_expr import (
+            DataFrame,
+            Index,
+            Series,
+            concat,
+            from_array,
+            from_dask_array,
+            from_dask_dataframe,
+            from_delayed,
+            from_dict,
+            from_graph,
+            from_map,
+            from_pandas,
+            get_dummies,
+            isna,
+            map_overlap,
+            map_partitions,
+            merge,
+            merge_asof,
+            pivot_table,
+            read_csv,
+            read_hdf,
+            read_json,
+            read_orc,
+            read_parquet,
+            read_sql,
+            read_sql_query,
+            read_sql_table,
+            read_table,
+            repartition,
+            to_bag,
+            to_csv,
+            to_datetime,
+            to_hdf,
+            to_json,
+            to_numeric,
+            to_orc,
+            to_parquet,
+            to_records,
+            to_sql,
+            to_timedelta,
+        )
+
+        import dask.dataframe._pyarrow_compat
+        from dask.base import compute
+        from dask.dataframe import backends, dispatch
+        from dask.dataframe.io import demo
+        from dask.dataframe.utils import assert_eq
+
+        def raise_not_implemented_error(attr_name):
+            def inner_func(*args, **kwargs):
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    f"Function {attr_name} is not implemented for dask-expr."
+                )
+
+            return inner_func
 
-    import dask.dataframe._pyarrow_compat
-    from dask.base import compute
-    from dask.dataframe import backends, dispatch
-    from dask.dataframe.io import demo
-    from dask.dataframe.utils import assert_eq
+        _Frame = raise_not_implemented_error("_Frame")
+        Aggregation = raise_not_implemented_error("Aggregation")
+        read_fwf = raise_not_implemented_error("read_fwf")
+        melt = raise_not_implemented_error("melt")
 
-    def raise_not_implemented_error(attr_name):
-        def inner_func(*args, **kwargs):
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                f"Function {attr_name} is not implemented for dask-expr."
-            )
+    # Due to the natural circular imports caused from dask-expr
+    # wanting to import things from dask.dataframe, this module's init
+    # can be run multiple times as it walks code trying to import
+    # dask-expr while dask-expr is also trying to import from dask.dataframe
+    # Each time this happens and hits a circular import, we can reload
+    # dask.dataframe to update itself until dask-expr is fully initialized.
+    # TODO: This can go away when dask-expr is merged into dask
+    except ImportError:
+        import importlib
 
-        return inner_func
+        import dask.dataframe as dd
 
-    _Frame = raise_not_implemented_error("_Frame")
-    Aggregation = raise_not_implemented_error("Aggregation")
-    read_fwf = raise_not_implemented_error("read_fwf")
-    melt = raise_not_implemented_error("melt")
+        dd = importlib.reload(dd)
 
 else:
     try:
diff --git a/dask/dataframe/io/tests/test_parquet.py b/dask/dataframe/io/tests/test_parquet.py
index 6d423b1bad3..cfd3b91ae75 100644
--- a/dask/dataframe/io/tests/test_parquet.py
+++ b/dask/dataframe/io/tests/test_parquet.py
@@ -2267,7 +2267,6 @@ def test_writing_parquet_with_unknown_kwargs(tmpdir, engine):
         ddf.to_parquet(fn, engine=engine, unknown_key="unknown_value")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(DASK_EXPR_ENABLED, reason="circular import")
 def test_to_parquet_with_get(tmpdir, engine):
     from dask.multiprocessing import get as mp_get