diff --git a/src/brevitas/graph/gptq.py b/src/brevitas/graph/gptq.py
index 716f2fb04..8f8ffb6ae 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/graph/gptq.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/graph/gptq.py
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
 import warnings
 
 import torch
-from torch.linalg import LinAlgError
+
+try:
+    from torch.linalg import LinAlgError
+except:
+    LinAlgError = RuntimeError
+
 import unfoldNd
 
 from brevitas.graph.calibrate import DisableEnableQuantization