diff --git a/src/ott/solvers/quadratic/gromov_wasserstein.py b/src/ott/solvers/quadratic/gromov_wasserstein.py
index 652d2fed3..b105c6c81 100644
--- a/src/ott/solvers/quadratic/gromov_wasserstein.py
+++ b/src/ott/solvers/quadratic/gromov_wasserstein.py
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ def __call__(
       key = jax.random.PRNGKey(0)
     key1, key2 = jax.random.split(key, 2)
 
-    # consider converting problem first if using low-rank solver
-    if self.is_low_rank and prob._is_low_rank_convertible:
+    if prob._is_low_rank_convertible:
       prob = prob.to_low_rank()
 
     if init is None: