diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/string_.py b/pandas/core/arrays/string_.py
index 3d64d47d1bbb9..b20fc54a6cb28 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/string_.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/string_.py
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ def __from_arrow__(
         if self.storage == "pyarrow":
             from pandas.core.arrays.string_arrow import (
                 ArrowStringArray,
-                _chk_pyarrow_available,
+                _check_pyarrow_available,
             )
 
-            _chk_pyarrow_available()
+            _check_pyarrow_available()
 
             if not pa.types.is_large_string(array.type):
                 array = pc.cast(array, pa.large_string())
diff --git a/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py b/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py
index 8427d72840425..04b4fde6a7c0e 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "_fill_limit_area_1d",
     "_make_block",
     "_DatetimeTZBlock",
-    "_chk_pyarrow_available",
+    "_check_pyarrow_available",
 }