diff --git a/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py b/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
index 0836870e29..a23a0f5f65 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ def load_checkpoint(
         self.init_models()
         if eval:
             self.gpt.init_gpt_for_inference(kv_cache=self.args.kv_cache)
-        self.load_state_dict(load_fsspec(model_path)["model"], strict=strict)
+        self.load_state_dict(load_fsspec(model_path, map_location=self.device)["model"], strict=strict)
 
         if eval:
             self.gpt.init_gpt_for_inference(kv_cache=self.args.kv_cache)