diff --git a/optimum/exporters/openvino/convert.py b/optimum/exporters/openvino/convert.py
index 8c49994874..dfca80f001 100644
--- a/optimum/exporters/openvino/convert.py
+++ b/optimum/exporters/openvino/convert.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def export_pytorch(
     logger.info(f"Using framework PyTorch: {torch.__version__}")
     output = Path(output)
 
-    if ensure_export_task_support_stateful(config.task):
+    if stateful:
         # Trigger bettertransformer together with stateful model because OpenVINO HW-dependent transformations expect
         # both of them are applied to demonstrate the best performance.
         # TODO: Consider applying bettertransformer regardless of stateful flag -- requires additional validation.