diff --git a/tests/models/deformable_detr/test_modeling_deformable_detr.py b/tests/models/deformable_detr/test_modeling_deformable_detr.py
index 589543506ee..127bf1c6e09 100644
--- a/tests/models/deformable_detr/test_modeling_deformable_detr.py
+++ b/tests/models/deformable_detr/test_modeling_deformable_detr.py
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ class DeformableDetrModelIntegrationTests(unittest.TestCase):
         # 3. assert equivalence
         # (on A10, the differences get larger than on T4)
         for key in cpu_outputs.keys():
-            assert torch.testing.assert_close(cpu_outputs[key], gpu_outputs[key].cpu(), atol=1e-2, rtol=1e-2)
+            torch.testing.assert_close(cpu_outputs[key], gpu_outputs[key].cpu(), atol=1e-2, rtol=1e-2)
 
         expected_logits = torch.tensor(
             [