diff --git a/examples/qualcomm/oss_scripts/llama/model/static_llama.py b/examples/qualcomm/oss_scripts/llama/model/static_llama.py
index 192f23de302..49b38445c6a 100755
--- a/examples/qualcomm/oss_scripts/llama/model/static_llama.py
+++ b/examples/qualcomm/oss_scripts/llama/model/static_llama.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(self, config: ModelArgs, output_new_cache_only=False):
 
         self.scale = float(self.head_dim) ** 0.5
 
-        if config.enable_r3:
+        if hasattr(config, "enable_r3") and config.enable_r3:
             self.register_buffer(
                 "r3_weight",
                 torch.tensor(
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ def forward_sha(
         ]
         for i in range(len(q)):
             q[i] = apply_rotary_emb_single(q[i], freqs_cos, freqs_sin)
-            if self.config.enable_r3:
+            if hasattr(self.config, "enable_r3") and self.config.enable_r3:
                 q[i] = torch.matmul(q[i], self.r3_weight.T)
         for i in range(len(k)):
             k[i] = apply_rotary_emb_single(k[i], freqs_cos, freqs_sin)
-            if self.config.enable_r3:
+            if hasattr(self.config, "enable_r3") and self.config.enable_r3:
                 k[i] = torch.matmul(k[i], self.r3_weight.T)
             k[i] = k[i].transpose(1, 2)