diff --git a/python/cuml/dask/ensemble/randomforestclassifier.py b/python/cuml/dask/ensemble/randomforestclassifier.py
index c1d3c8ab4e..50c6994167 100755
--- a/python/cuml/dask/ensemble/randomforestclassifier.py
+++ b/python/cuml/dask/ensemble/randomforestclassifier.py
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ def _construct_rf(
             **kwargs
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _predict_model_on_cpu(model, X, convert_dtype):
+        return model._predict_model_on_cpu(X, convert_dtype=convert_dtype)
+
     def get_summary_text(self):
         """
         Obtain the text summary of the random forest model