diff --git a/mmcv/runner/hooks/logger/tensorboard.py b/mmcv/runner/hooks/logger/tensorboard.py
index ad13395f7..63058e8dd 100644
--- a/mmcv/runner/hooks/logger/tensorboard.py
+++ b/mmcv/runner/hooks/logger/tensorboard.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class TensorboardLoggerHook(LoggerHook):
 
     @master_only
     def before_run(self, runner):
-        if torch.__version__ >= '1.1':
+        if torch.__version__ >= '1.1' and '.' in torch.__version__:
             try:
                 from torch.utils.tensorboard import SummaryWriter
             except ImportError: