diff --git a/model/misc.py b/model/misc.py
index 43b84990..d0758359 100644
--- a/model/misc.py
+++ b/model/misc.py
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ def get_root_logger(logger_name='basicsr', log_level=logging.INFO, log_file=None
     return logger
 
 
-IS_HIGH_VERSION = [int(m) for m in list(re.findall(r"^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)([^0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?(\+git.*)?$",\
-    torch.__version__)[0][:3])] >= [1, 12, 0]
+IS_MPS_AWARE = hasattr(torch.backends, 'mps')
 
 def gpu_is_available():
-    if IS_HIGH_VERSION:
+    if IS_MPS_AWARE:
         if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
             return True
     return True if torch.cuda.is_available() and torch.backends.cudnn.is_available() else False
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ def get_device(gpu_id=None):
     else:
         raise TypeError('Input should be int value.')
 
-    if IS_HIGH_VERSION:
+    if IS_MPS_AWARE:
         if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
             return torch.device('mps'+gpu_str)
     return torch.device('cuda'+gpu_str if torch.cuda.is_available() and torch.backends.cudnn.is_available() else 'cpu')