diff --git a/src/brevitas/quant_tensor/int_quant_tensor.py b/src/brevitas/quant_tensor/int_quant_tensor.py
index 072eccff4..6e9f1053a 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/quant_tensor/int_quant_tensor.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/quant_tensor/int_quant_tensor.py
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ def int(self, float_datatype=False):
                 else:
                     return int_value.type(torch.float32)
             else:
-                if self.bit_width <= 8. and self.signed.item():
+                if self.bit_width <= 8. and self.signed():
                     return int_value.to(torch.int8)
-                elif self.bit_width <= 8. and not self.signed.item():
+                elif self.bit_width <= 8. and not self.signed():
                     return int_value.to(torch.uint8)
                 else:
                     return int_value.to(torch.int32)