diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4382.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/4382.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8011857e81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/4382.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Textual type in flobject.
diff --git a/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py b/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py
index e327f7b24579..62f023727b27 100644
--- a/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py
+++ b/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py
@@ -677,7 +677,11 @@ def set_state(self, state: StateT | None = None, **kwargs):
         kwargs : Any
             Keyword arguments.
         """
-        return self.base_set_state(state=_to_field_name_str(state), **kwargs)
+        if not type(state) == str:
+            warnings.warn("TypeWarning: State is not string.")
+        return self.base_set_state(
+            state=_to_field_name_str(state) if type(state) is str else state, **kwargs
+        )
 
 
 class DeprecatedSettingWarning(PyFluentDeprecationWarning):