diff --git a/thunder/core/interpreter.py b/thunder/core/interpreter.py
index a26cb26bbb..dcaabd87b8 100644
--- a/thunder/core/interpreter.py
+++ b/thunder/core/interpreter.py
@@ -1597,11 +1597,10 @@ def _object_getattribute_lookaside(obj: Any, name: str):
     #   2)  If `obj` has a metaclass, the dunder methods might be dynamic.
     # So for now we just fall back to the builtin `getattr` for these bedrock lookups.
     if DUNDER_PATTERN.match(name) or isinstance(uobj, (type, super)):
-        return (
-            do_raise(AttributeError(f"'{type(uobj).__name__}' object has no attribute '{name}'"))
-            if (result := getattr(uobj, name, null)) is null
-            else result
-        )
+        result = getattr(uobj, name, null)
+        if result is null:
+            return do_raise(AttributeError(f"'{type(uobj).__name__}' object has no attribute '{name}'"))
+        return result
 
     def lookup_descriptor_field(field_name):
         # Bypass the C portions of `property` so we don't break the `_interpret_call` chain
@@ -1776,14 +1775,14 @@ def _getattr_lookaside(obj: Any, name: str, *maybe_default: Any):
     # `__getattr__` is only triggered if `__getattribute__` fails.
     # TODO: this should be `_interpret_call_with_unwrapping(getattr, obj, "__getattr__", null := object())`, but that would require multiple current exceptions.
     null = object()
-    obj_getattr = getattr(unwrap(obj), "__getattr__", null)
+    obj_getattr = getattr(type(unwrap(obj)), "__getattr__", null)
 
     if obj_getattr is not null:
         ctx.curexc = None
         assert callable(obj_getattr)
         if compilectx._with_provenance_tracking:
             obj_getattr = wrap_attribute(obj_getattr, obj, wrap_const("__getattr__"))
-        result = _interpret_call(obj_getattr, name)
+        result = _interpret_call(obj_getattr, obj, name)
         # which provenances to cache here?
         # result = wrap_attribute(unwrap(result), obj, name)
 
diff --git a/thunder/tests/test_interpreter.py b/thunder/tests/test_interpreter.py
index c003da8645..11f8e8e002 100644
--- a/thunder/tests/test_interpreter.py
+++ b/thunder/tests/test_interpreter.py
@@ -3577,3 +3577,16 @@ def fn():
     jfn = thunder.jit(fn)
     out = jfn()
     assert out == ("list[int]", "dict[int, int]")
+
+
+def test_getattr_type(jit):
+    m = torch.nn.Linear(5, 2)
+
+    def fn():
+        return bool(m), getattr(m, "weight", None)
+
+    expected = fn()
+    actual = jit(fn)()
+
+    assert actual[0] == expected[0]
+    assert actual[1] is expected[1]