diff --git a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/lora_kernels.py b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/lora_kernels.py
index b420a965c..be1e1f2ff 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/lora_kernels.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/lora_kernels.py
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ def get_attention_cls_from_config(cfg: DictDefault) -> Type[nn.Module]:
 
         return Llama4TextAttention
 
+    if model_type == "mistral3":
+        from transformers.models.mistral.modeling_mistral import MistralAttention
+
+        return MistralAttention
+
     try:
         # Dynamically import the module and attention class
         module_path = f"transformers.models.{model_type}.modeling_{model_type}"