diff --git a/einops/_backends.py b/einops/_backends.py
index db43cb17..b18a60b0 100644
--- a/einops/_backends.py
+++ b/einops/_backends.py
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.paddle = paddle
 
     def is_appropriate_type(self, tensor):
-        return isinstance(tensor, (self.paddle.Tensor, self.paddle.static.Variable))
+        return self.paddle.is_tensor(tensor)
 
     def from_numpy(self, x):
         tensor = self.paddle.to_tensor(x)