diff --git a/timm/models/metaformers.py b/timm/models/metaformers.py
index fbd93ea0..5935b8e4 100644
--- a/timm/models/metaformers.py
+++ b/timm/models/metaformers.py
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class MetaFormer(nn.Module):
         dp_rates=[x.item() for x in torch.linspace(0, drop_path_rate, sum(depths))]
 
         
-        self.patch_embed = Downsampling(
+        self.stem = Downsampling(
             in_chans,
             dims[0], 
             kernel_size=7, 
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ def checkpoint_filter_fn(state_dict, model):
         k = k.replace('patch_embed.proj', 'patch_embed.conv')
         k = re.sub(r'([0-9]+).([0-9]+)', r'\1.blocks.\2', k)
         k = k.replace('stages.0.downsample', 'patch_embed')
+        k = k.replace('patch_embed', 'stem')
         k = re.sub(r'^head', 'head.fc', k)
         k = re.sub(r'^norm', 'head.norm', k)
         out_dict[k] = v