diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/fairseq.py b/TTS/tts/utils/fairseq.py
index 99c081ae..b1012958 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/fairseq.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/fairseq.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import torch
 
 
 def rehash_fairseq_vits_checkpoint(checkpoint_file):
-    chk = torch.load(checkpoint_file)["model"]
+    chk = torch.load(checkpoint_file, map_location=torch.device('cpu'))["model"]
     new_chk = {}
     for k, v in chk.items():
         if "enc_p." in k: