diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/synthesis.py b/TTS/tts/utils/synthesis.py
index 46f919dc..9064811a 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/synthesis.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/synthesis.py
@@ -248,15 +248,11 @@ def synthesis(
             style_mel = numpy_to_torch(style_mel, torch.float, cuda=use_cuda)
         text_inputs = numpy_to_torch(text_inputs, torch.long, cuda=use_cuda)
         text_inputs = text_inputs.unsqueeze(0)
-    elif backend == "tf":
+    elif backend in ["tf", "tflite"]:
         # TODO: handle speaker id for tf model
         style_mel = numpy_to_tf(style_mel, tf.float32)
         text_inputs = numpy_to_tf(text_inputs, tf.int32)
         text_inputs = tf.expand_dims(text_inputs, 0)
-    elif backend == "tflite":
-        style_mel = numpy_to_tf(style_mel, tf.float32)
-        text_inputs = numpy_to_tf(text_inputs, tf.int32)
-        text_inputs = tf.expand_dims(text_inputs, 0)
     # synthesize voice
     if backend == "torch":
         outputs = run_model_torch(model, text_inputs, speaker_id, style_mel, d_vector=d_vector)