diff --git a/mmcv/ops/deform_conv.py b/mmcv/ops/deform_conv.py
index 8251bc7328..c6cbba6779 100644
--- a/mmcv/ops/deform_conv.py
+++ b/mmcv/ops/deform_conv.py
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ def symbolic(g,
 
     @staticmethod
     def _npu_backward(ctx, grad_output):
+        import torch_npu
         input_tensor, weight, offset_out, offset_all, sort_index_for_npu_bp = \
             ctx.saved_tensors
         grad_input, grad_weight, grad_offset_all, grad_bias = \
-            torch.npu_deformable_conv2dbk(
+            torch_npu.npu_deformable_conv2dbk(
                 input_tensor, grad_output, offset_out, weight, offset_all,
                 kernel_size=[weight.shape[3], weight.shape[2]],
                 stride=[1, 1, ctx.stride[0], ctx.stride[1]],