diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
index 4575f5966..dd75106ec 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def load_model(
             if hasattr(module, "weight"):
                 module.to(torch.float32)
 
-    fix_dtype = not cfg.adapter
+    needs_fa2_dtype = not cfg.adapter
     if not cfg.gptq and (
         (cfg.adapter == "lora" and load_in_8bit)
         or (cfg.adapter == "qlora" and cfg.load_in_4bit)
@@ -364,13 +364,11 @@ def load_model(
         model = prepare_model_for_kbit_training(
             model, use_gradient_checkpointing=cfg.gradient_checkpointing
         )
-        fix_dtype = True
+        needs_fa2_dtype = True
 
     # LlamaRMSNorm layers are in fp32 after kbit_training or full finetune, so we need to
     # convert them back to fp16/bf16 for flash-attn compatibility.
-    if fix_dtype and (
-        cfg.flash_attention and cfg.is_llama_derived_model
-    ):
+    if needs_fa2_dtype and (cfg.flash_attention and cfg.is_llama_derived_model):
         for name, module in model.named_modules():
             if "norm" in name:
                 module.to(cfg.torch_dtype)