diff --git a/tests/distributed/test_model_parallelization.py b/tests/distributed/test_model_parallelization.py
index 35afb1d36..9961d10b9 100644
--- a/tests/distributed/test_model_parallelization.py
+++ b/tests/distributed/test_model_parallelization.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
 
 
 CLASSES_TO_IGNORE = [
-    "T5ForSequenceClassification",
     # TODO: enable this class when it can be traced for pipeline parallelism.
     "LlamaForQuestionAnswering",
 ]
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ def _generate_supported_model_classes(
     for task in supported_tasks:
         config_class = CONFIG_MAPPING[model_type]
         model_class = task_mapping[task].get(config_class, None)
-        if model_class is not None and model_class not in CLASSES_TO_IGNORE:
+        if model_class is not None and model_class.__name__ not in CLASSES_TO_IGNORE:
             model_classes.append(model_class)
 
     return list(set(model_classes))