diff --git a/bigframes/session/__init__.py b/bigframes/session/__init__.py
index 6cfaf48493..27707c21fd 100644
--- a/bigframes/session/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/session/__init__.py
@@ -707,10 +707,8 @@ def _read_pandas_inline(
         try:
             local_block = blocks.Block.from_local(pandas_dataframe, self)
             inline_df = dataframe.DataFrame(local_block)
-        except pa.ArrowInvalid as e:
-            raise pa.ArrowInvalid(
-                f"Could not convert with a BigQuery type: `{e}`. "
-            ) from e
+        except pa.ArrowInvalid:  # Thrown by arrow for unsupported types, such as geo.
+            return None
         except ValueError:  # Thrown by ibis for some unhandled types
             return None
         except pa.ArrowTypeError:  # Thrown by arrow for types without mapping (geo).
diff --git a/tests/system/small/test_series.py b/tests/system/small/test_series.py
index f1c60664a1..6cdb74fcf7 100644
--- a/tests/system/small/test_series.py
+++ b/tests/system/small/test_series.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa  # type: ignore
 import pytest
+import shapely  # type: ignore
 
 import bigframes.pandas
 import bigframes.series as series
@@ -213,6 +214,19 @@ def test_series_construct_from_list_escaped_strings():
     pd.testing.assert_series_equal(bf_result.to_pandas(), pd_result)
 
 
+def test_series_construct_geodata():
+    pd_series = pd.Series(
+        [shapely.Point(1, 1), shapely.Point(2, 2), shapely.Point(3, 3)],
+        dtype=gpd.array.GeometryDtype(),
+    )
+
+    series = bigframes.pandas.Series(pd_series)
+
+    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(
+        pd_series, series.to_pandas(), check_index_type=False
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ["col_name", "expected_dtype"],
     [