diff --git a/crates/polars-plan/src/dsl/string.rs b/crates/polars-plan/src/dsl/string.rs
index a539f13e183e..aec6952cb057 100644
--- a/crates/polars-plan/src/dsl/string.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-plan/src/dsl/string.rs
@@ -573,8 +573,9 @@ impl StringNameSpace {
 
     #[cfg(feature = "extract_jsonpath")]
     pub fn json_decode(self, dtype: Option<DataType>, infer_schema_len: Option<usize>) -> Expr {
+        // Apply, because dtype should be inferred only once and be consistent over chunks/morsels.
         self.0
-            .map_private(FunctionExpr::StringExpr(StringFunction::JsonDecode {
+            .apply_private(FunctionExpr::StringExpr(StringFunction::JsonDecode {
                 dtype,
                 infer_schema_len,
             }))
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_string.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_string.py
index ce63c4b6b79c..4250b2c23e99 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_string.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_string.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import json
+
 import polars as pl
 from polars.testing import assert_series_equal
 
@@ -28,3 +30,17 @@ def test_utf8_alias_lit() -> None:
     result = pl.select(a=pl.lit(5, dtype=pl.Utf8)).to_series()
     expected = pl.Series("a", ["5"], dtype=pl.String)
     assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+
+def test_json_decode_multiple_chunks() -> None:
+    a = json.dumps({"x": None})
+    b = json.dumps({"x": True})
+
+    df_1 = pl.Series([a]).to_frame("s")
+    df_2 = pl.Series([b]).to_frame("s")
+
+    df = pl.concat([df_1, df_2])
+
+    assert df.with_columns(pl.col("s").str.json_decode()).to_dict(as_series=False) == {
+        "s": [{"x": None}, {"x": True}]
+    }