diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/layers.py b/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/layers.py
index 4a80b23746a8..8c24a4232310 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/layers.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/layers.py
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ def lstm_update(
     recurrent_bias = (
         recurrent_bias.data if recurrent_bias is not None else recurrent_bias
     )
-    if "cpu" in dev:
+    if "cpu" in dev.lower():
         outputs, new_states = _cpu_lstm(
             x,
             init_h,
diff --git a/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/_VF/__init__.py b/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/_VF/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80c1dc86f4f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/_VF/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import ivy.functional.frontends.torch as torch_frontend
+
+def lstm(*args, **kwargs):
+    return torch_frontend.lstm(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/__init__.py b/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/__init__.py
index c1fd0d888f66..f3538d09b3cf 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/__init__.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/__init__.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ def promote_types_of_torch_inputs(
 from .nn.functional import softmax, relu, lstm
 from . import special
 from . import tensor
+from . import _VF
 from .tensor import *
 from . import blas_and_lapack_ops
 from .blas_and_lapack_ops import *