diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/GraphPartitioner.cpp b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/GraphPartitioner.cpp
index 594f821aafb90..0862b07d6b226 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/GraphPartitioner.cpp
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/GraphPartitioner.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Dml
 
         for (GraphPartition* partitionToMerge : partitionsToMerge)
         {
-            if (partitionToMerge == this)
+            if (partitionToMerge->GetRootMergedPartition() == this)
             {
                 continue;
             }