diff --git a/framework/core/src/Extension/DefaultLanguagePackGuard.php b/framework/core/src/Extension/DefaultLanguagePackGuard.php
index 747b60b3f6..70bec1a5f6 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Extension/DefaultLanguagePackGuard.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Extension/DefaultLanguagePackGuard.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function handle(Disabling $event): void
     {
-        if (! in_array('flarum-locale', $event->extension->extra)) {
+        if (! Arr::has($event->extension->extra, 'flarum-locale')) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/framework/core/tests/unit/Extension/DefaultLanguagePackGuardTest.php b/framework/core/tests/unit/Extension/DefaultLanguagePackGuardTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d020936b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/tests/unit/Extension/DefaultLanguagePackGuardTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\Tests\unit\Extension;
+
+use Flarum\Extension\DefaultLanguagePackGuard;
+use Flarum\Extension\Event\Disabling;
+use Flarum\Extension\Extension;
+use Flarum\Settings\SettingsRepositoryInterface;
+use Flarum\Testing\unit\TestCase;
+use Flarum\User\Exception\PermissionDeniedException;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+
+class DefaultLanguagePackGuardTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private function guard(string $defaultLocale): DefaultLanguagePackGuard
+    {
+        $settings = $this->createStub(SettingsRepositoryInterface::class);
+        $settings->method('get')
+            ->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $default = null) use ($defaultLocale) {
+                return $key === 'default_locale' ? $defaultLocale : $default;
+            });
+
+        return new DefaultLanguagePackGuard($settings);
+    }
+
+    private function disabling(array $extra, string $name = 'flarum/lang-english'): Disabling
+    {
+        return new Disabling(new Extension('/tmp/ext', [
+            'name' => $name,
+            'extra' => $extra,
+        ]));
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_blocks_disabling_the_default_language_pack()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(PermissionDeniedException::class);
+
+        $this->guard('en')->handle(
+            $this->disabling(['flarum-locale' => ['code' => 'en', 'title' => 'English']])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_allows_disabling_a_non_default_language_pack()
+    {
+        $this->expectNotToPerformAssertions();
+
+        $this->guard('en')->handle(
+            $this->disabling(['flarum-locale' => ['code' => 'fr', 'title' => 'French']])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_allows_disabling_a_non_language_pack_extension()
+    {
+        $this->expectNotToPerformAssertions();
+
+        $this->guard('en')->handle(
+            $this->disabling(['flarum-extension' => ['title' => 'Some Extension']], 'acme/some-extension')
+        );
+    }
+}