diff --git a/ibis/backends/sqlite/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/sqlite/__init__.py
index de7c386b7e7e..e770cecd72be 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/sqlite/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/sqlite/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from ibis.backends import UrlFromPath
 from ibis.backends.sql import SQLBackend
 from ibis.backends.sql.compilers.base import C, F
+from ibis.backends.sqlite.converter import SQLitePandasData
 from ibis.backends.sqlite.udf import ignore_nulls, register_all
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -303,8 +304,6 @@ def _fetch_from_cursor(
     ) -> pd.DataFrame:
         import pandas as pd
 
-        from ibis.backends.sqlite.converter import SQLitePandasData
-
         df = pd.DataFrame.from_records(cursor, columns=schema.names, coerce_float=True)
         return SQLitePandasData.convert_table(df, schema)