diff --git a/unsloth/tokenizer_utils.py b/unsloth/tokenizer_utils.py
index 9e5a736df5..34f2b21301 100644
--- a/unsloth/tokenizer_utils.py
+++ b/unsloth/tokenizer_utils.py
@@ -275,6 +275,6 @@ def load_correct_tokenizer(
     if assert_same_tokenization(slow_tokenizer, fast_tokenizer):
         return fast_tokenizer
     else:
-        return slow_tokenizer
+        return convert_to_fast_tokenizer(slow_tokenizer)
     pass
 pass