diff --git a/torch_geometric/utils/inductive_train_test_split.py b/torch_geometric/utils/inductive_train_test_split.py
index faf059edde04..cac1754117ff 100644
--- a/torch_geometric/utils/inductive_train_test_split.py
+++ b/torch_geometric/utils/inductive_train_test_split.py
@@ -208,10 +208,20 @@ def inductive_train_test_split(data, train_node, test_node,
     device = data.edge_index.device
 
     if isinstance(train_node, (list, tuple)):
-        train_node = torch.tensor(train_node, dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+        if isinstance(train_node[0], bool):
+            train_node = torch.tensor(train_node, dtype=torch.bool,
+                                      device=device)
+        else:
+            train_node = torch.tensor(train_node, dtype=torch.long,
+                                      device=device)
 
     if isinstance(test_node, (list, tuple)):
-        test_node = torch.tensor(test_node, dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+        if isinstance(test_node[0], bool):
+            test_node = torch.tensor(test_node, dtype=torch.bool,
+                                     device=device)
+        else:
+            test_node = torch.tensor(test_node, dtype=torch.long,
+                                     device=device)
 
     if train_node.dtype != torch.bool:
         num_nodes = maybe_num_nodes(data.edge_index, data.num_nodes)