diff --git a/funasr/auto/auto_model.py b/funasr/auto/auto_model.py
index 9bf1ad57e..81ecaa879 100644
--- a/funasr/auto/auto_model.py
+++ b/funasr/auto/auto_model.py
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 from funasr.train_utils.load_pretrained_model import load_pretrained_model
 from funasr.utils import export_utils
 from funasr.utils import misc
-
+try:
+    import torch_npu
+    npu_is_available = torch_npu.npu.is_available()
+except ImportError:
+    npu_is_available = False
 
 def _resolve_ncpu(config, fallback=4):
     """Return a positive integer representing CPU threads from config."""
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ def build_model(**kwargs):
         if ((device =="cuda" and not torch.cuda.is_available())
             or (device == "xpu" and not torch.xpu.is_available())
             or (device == "mps" and not torch.backends.mps.is_available())
+            or (device == "npu" and not npu_is_available)
             or kwargs.get("ngpu", 1) == 0):
             device = "cpu"
             kwargs["batch_size"] = 1