diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/dcoff.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/dcoff.cpp
index d055238b4743ed..9d06ab78f7be80 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/dcoff.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/dcoff.cpp
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ void apply_remap(Subgraph& fcall, const ClosureRemap& m) {
     // empty tensors by default.
     for (auto&& i : m.closure_remap) {
         new_lazy_closure.push_back(fcall._lazy_closure[i]);
-        // _closure is empty at this stage. To fill it for DCOFF, evaluate _lazy_closure
-        new_closure.push_back(fcall._lazy_closure[i].eval());
+        new_closure.push_back(fcall._closure[i]);
 
         auto scale_iter = m.scale_remap.find(i);
         auto zerop_iter = m.zerop_remap.find(i);