diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/string_/test_string.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/string_/test_string.py
index f875873863b4d..336a0fef69170 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/string_/test_string.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/string_/test_string.py
@@ -758,3 +758,9 @@ def test_tolist(dtype):
     result = arr.tolist()
     expected = vals
     tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
+
+
+def test_string_array_view_type_error():
+    arr = pd.array(["a", "b", "c"], dtype="string")
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Cannot change data-type for string array."):
+        arr.view("i8")