diff --git a/python/ray/data/__init__.py b/python/ray/data/__init__.py
index 9a114f84490a..ce978149e8ea 100644
--- a/python/ray/data/__init__.py
+++ b/python/ray/data/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Short term workaround for https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/32435
+# Datasets currently has a hard dependency on pandas, so it doesn't need to be delayed.
+import pandas  # noqa
+
 from ray.data._internal.compute import ActorPoolStrategy
 from ray.data._internal.progress_bar import set_progress_bars
 from ray.data.dataset import Dataset