diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp b/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp
index 914731ea417..f3e1a61d075 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/utilities/span.hpp
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ struct host_span : public cudf::detail::span_base<T, Extent, host_span<T, Extent
                                std::is_convertible_v<OtherT (*)[], T (*)[]>,  // NOLINT
                              void>* = nullptr>
   constexpr host_span(host_span<OtherT, OtherExtent> const& other) noexcept
-    : base(other.data(), other.size())
+    : base(other.data(), other.size()), _is_device_accessible{other.is_device_accessible()}
   {
   }
 
diff --git a/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/pinned_memory_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/pinned_memory_tests.cpp
index ae7c6fa8b8c..1e1e21fe18a 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/pinned_memory_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/pinned_memory_tests.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <cudf/io/parquet.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/pinned_memory.hpp>
+#include <cudf/utilities/span.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/pinned_host_memory_resource.hpp>
@@ -125,3 +126,22 @@ TEST_F(PinnedMemoryTest, MakeHostVector)
     EXPECT_FALSE(vec.get_allocator().is_device_accessible());
   }
 }
+
+TEST_F(PinnedMemoryTest, HostSpan)
+{
+  auto test_ctors = [](auto&& vec) {
+    auto const is_vec_device_accessible = vec.get_allocator().is_device_accessible();
+    // Test conversion from a vector
+    auto const span = cudf::host_span<int16_t>{vec};
+    EXPECT_EQ(span.is_device_accessible(), is_vec_device_accessible);
+    // Test conversion from host_span with different type
+    auto const span_converted = cudf::host_span<int16_t const>{span};
+    EXPECT_EQ(span_converted.is_device_accessible(), is_vec_device_accessible);
+  };
+
+  cudf::set_allocate_host_as_pinned_threshold(7);
+  for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+    // some iterations will use pinned memory, some will not
+    test_ctors(cudf::detail::make_host_vector<int16_t>(i, cudf::get_default_stream()));
+  }
+}