diff --git a/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py b/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py
index 7f246ec1b519a..be1b3fc42133a 100644
--- a/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py
@@ -2289,7 +2289,8 @@ def numpy_dtype(self) -> np.dtype:
             np_dtype = self.pyarrow_dtype.to_pandas_dtype()
             
             if isinstance(np_dtype, object):
-                if hasattr(np_dtype, "categories") and isinstance(np_dtype.categories, pd.IntervalIndex):
+                from pandas.core.indexes.interval import IntervalIndex
+                if hasattr(np_dtype, "categories") and isinstance(np_dtype.categories, IntervalIndex):
                     return np.dtype(object)
             
             if isinstance(np_dtype, DatetimeTZDtype):