diff --git a/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py b/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py
index 025f837982595..eac579c2b1031 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     Index,
     MultiIndex,
     Series,
+    option_context,
 )
 import pandas._testing as tm
 from pandas.core.strings.accessor import StringMethods
@@ -778,3 +779,11 @@ def test_series_str_decode():
     result = Series([b"x", b"y"]).str.decode(encoding="UTF-8", errors="strict")
     expected = Series(["x", "y"], dtype="str")
     tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+
+def test_decode_with_dtype_none():
+    with option_context("future.infer_string", True):
+        ser = Series([b"a", b"b", b"c"])  # Use byte strings
+        result = ser.str.decode("utf-8", dtype=None)
+        expected = Series(["a", "b", "c"], dtype="str")
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)