diff --git a/nemo/core/classes/modelPT.py b/nemo/core/classes/modelPT.py
index 2c337a6a6f48..754d18eb8267 100644
--- a/nemo/core/classes/modelPT.py
+++ b/nemo/core/classes/modelPT.py
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ def on_train_batch_end(self, outputs, batch: Any, batch_idx: int, unused: int =
 
         if self.device.type == 'cuda':
             if hasattr(self, '_nsys_profile_enabled'):
-                if self._nsys_profile_enabled not self._profile_complete:
+                if self._nsys_profile_enabled and not self._profile_complete:
                     if batch_idx == self._nsys_profile_end_step and get_rank() in self._nsys_profile_ranks:
                         logging.info("====== End nsys profiling ======")
                         torch.cuda.cudart().cudaProfilerStop()