diff --git a/python/triton/language/core_ext.py b/python/triton/language/core_ext.py
index cde5d53a7..f44af20c2 100644
--- a/python/triton/language/core_ext.py
+++ b/python/triton/language/core_ext.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     mul,
 )
 from typing import Optional
-from . import semantic
+from . import semantic_ext as semantic
 from .tensor_descriptor import tensor_descriptor, tensor_descriptor_base