diff --git a/torch/testing/_internal/opinfo/core.py b/torch/testing/_internal/opinfo/core.py
index 2aa38511d4e97..cd94ff23a4391 100644
--- a/torch/testing/_internal/opinfo/core.py
+++ b/torch/testing/_internal/opinfo/core.py
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ def supported_backward_dtypes(self, device_type):
                 else self.backward_dtypesIfCUDA
             )
         elif device_type == "hpu":
-            backward_dtype = self.backward_dtypesIfHpu
+            backward_dtypes = self.backward_dtypesIfHpu
         else:
             backward_dtypes = self.backward_dtypes