diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
index 258382168..641b444e9 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
     @classmethod
     def check_hqq_config_redundancy(cls, data):
         if (data.get("load_in_4bit") or data.get("load_in_8bit")) and data.get(
-            "hqq_nbits"
+            "use_hqq"
         ):
 
             raise ValueError(