diff --git a/tianshou/policy/modelfree/pg.py b/tianshou/policy/modelfree/pg.py
index a525746bc..9149a383b 100644
--- a/tianshou/policy/modelfree/pg.py
+++ b/tianshou/policy/modelfree/pg.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import torch
 
-from tianshou.data import Batch, ReplayBuffer, to_torch_as
+from tianshou.data import Batch, ReplayBuffer, to_torch, to_torch_as
 from tianshou.policy import BasePolicy
 from tianshou.utils import RunningMeanStd
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def learn(  # type: ignore
                 result = self(minibatch)
                 dist = result.dist
                 act = to_torch_as(minibatch.act, result.act)
-                ret = to_torch_as(minibatch.returns, result.act)
+                ret = to_torch(minibatch.returns, torch.float, result.act.device)
                 log_prob = dist.log_prob(act).reshape(len(ret), -1).transpose(0, 1)
                 loss = -(log_prob * ret).mean()
                 loss.backward()