diff --git a/torch_xla/csrc/aten_xla_type.cpp b/torch_xla/csrc/aten_xla_type.cpp
index d355d6c378f..6e98726063f 100644
--- a/torch_xla/csrc/aten_xla_type.cpp
+++ b/torch_xla/csrc/aten_xla_type.cpp
@@ -3667,7 +3667,7 @@ at::Tensor XLANativeFunctions::upsample_nearest2d_backward(
   // our XLA lowering.
   XlaDeviceType hw_type =
       static_cast<XlaDeviceType>(grad_output_tensor->GetDevice().type());
-  if (!CheckTpuDevice(hw_type) && hw_type != XlaDeviceType::NEURON) {
+  if (!CheckTpuDevice(hw_type) && !CheckNeuronDevice(hw_type)) {
     return at::native::call_fallback_fn<
         &xla_fallback, ATEN_OP(upsample_nearest2d_backward)>::call(grad_output,
                                                                    output_size,
diff --git a/torch_xla/csrc/data_ops.cpp b/torch_xla/csrc/data_ops.cpp
index 8e60c235a4b..016f125c332 100644
--- a/torch_xla/csrc/data_ops.cpp
+++ b/torch_xla/csrc/data_ops.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bool IsSparseGather(const xla::Shape& input_shape,
   // to avoid gather on a single float on TPU.
   XlaDeviceType hw_type =
       static_cast<XlaDeviceType>(bridge::GetCurrentDevice().type());
-  if (CheckTpuDevice(hw_type) || hw_type == XlaDeviceType::NEURON) {
+  if (CheckTpuDevice(hw_type) || CheckNeuronDevice(hw_type)) {
     // XLA_DENSE_GATHER_FACTOR can be used to finely control the
     // sparsity check.
     static int dense_gather_factor =
diff --git a/torch_xla/csrc/device.cpp b/torch_xla/csrc/device.cpp
index 71c2a63e686..a6490778477 100644
--- a/torch_xla/csrc/device.cpp
+++ b/torch_xla/csrc/device.cpp
@@ -116,4 +116,16 @@ bool CheckTpuDevice(XlaDeviceType hw_type) {
   return false;
 }
 
+bool CheckNeuronDevice(XlaDeviceType hw_type) {
+  if (hw_type == XlaDeviceType::NEURON) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  std::string pjrt_device = runtime::sys_util::GetEnvString("PJRT_DEVICE", "");
+  if (hw_type == XlaDeviceType::SPMD) {
+    return pjrt_device == "NEURON";
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 }  // namespace torch_xla
diff --git a/torch_xla/csrc/device.h b/torch_xla/csrc/device.h
index 6006796a42f..385eef905a5 100644
--- a/torch_xla/csrc/device.h
+++ b/torch_xla/csrc/device.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ bool GetLockSpmdConfig();
 // TODO(yeounoh) - see if we need to check for AOT compilation device type.
 bool CheckTpuDevice(XlaDeviceType hw_type);
 
+// Return true if the physical device type is NEURON.
+bool CheckNeuronDevice(XlaDeviceType hw_type);
+
 }  // namespace torch_xla
 
 #endif  // XLA_TORCH_XLA_CSRC_DEVICE_H_
diff --git a/torch_xla/csrc/dtype.cpp b/torch_xla/csrc/dtype.cpp
index f56af984197..923f1152c9d 100644
--- a/torch_xla/csrc/dtype.cpp
+++ b/torch_xla/csrc/dtype.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ xla::PrimitiveType MaybeDowncastToXlaDeviceType(
       if (UseBF16()) {
         return xla::PrimitiveType::BF16;
       }
-      if (DowncastBF16() || hw_type == XlaDeviceType::NEURON) {
+      if (DowncastBF16() || CheckNeuronDevice(hw_type)) {
         return xla::PrimitiveType::F32;
       }
       return xla::PrimitiveType::F64;
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ xla::PrimitiveType MaybeDowncastToXlaDeviceType(
       return UseBF16() || DowncastBF16() ? xla::PrimitiveType::BF16
                                          : xla::PrimitiveType::F32;
     case xla::PrimitiveType::U16:
-      return hw_type != XlaDeviceType::NEURON ? xla::PrimitiveType::U16
-                                              : xla::PrimitiveType::U32;
+      return CheckNeuronDevice(hw_type) ? xla::PrimitiveType::U32
+                                        : xla::PrimitiveType::U16;
     case xla::PrimitiveType::S16:
-      return hw_type != XlaDeviceType::NEURON ? xla::PrimitiveType::S16
-                                              : xla::PrimitiveType::S32;
+      return CheckNeuronDevice(hw_type) ? xla::PrimitiveType::S32
+                                        : xla::PrimitiveType::S16;
     case xla::PrimitiveType::S64:
       return xla::PrimitiveType::S64;
     case xla::PrimitiveType::U64:
diff --git a/torch_xla/csrc/resize_ops.cpp b/torch_xla/csrc/resize_ops.cpp
index 97fa335d9d6..0f5417ed8d1 100644
--- a/torch_xla/csrc/resize_ops.cpp
+++ b/torch_xla/csrc/resize_ops.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ xla::XlaOp LowerForward2d(const std::string& target, xla::XlaOp input,
 
   XlaDeviceType hw_type =
       static_cast<XlaDeviceType>(bridge::GetCurrentDevice().type());
-  if (CheckTpuDevice(hw_type) || hw_type == XlaDeviceType::NEURON) {
+  if (CheckTpuDevice(hw_type) || CheckNeuronDevice(hw_type)) {
     // TPU uses custom call implementation
     resized =
         xla::CustomCall(input.builder(), target, {tinput}, resized_shape,