diff --git a/tensordict/base.py b/tensordict/base.py
index 6b7afd051..6c600b11f 100644
--- a/tensordict/base.py
+++ b/tensordict/base.py
@@ -9873,15 +9873,14 @@ def from_any(cls, obj, *, auto_batch_size: bool = False):
             return cls.from_dict(obj, auto_batch_size=auto_batch_size)
         if isinstance(obj, np.ndarray) and hasattr(obj.dtype, "names"):
             return cls.from_struct_array(obj, auto_batch_size=auto_batch_size)
-
         if isinstance(obj, tuple):
+            if is_namedtuple(obj):
+                return cls.from_namedtuple(obj, auto_batch_size=auto_batch_size)
             return cls.from_tuple(obj, auto_batch_size=auto_batch_size)
         if isinstance(obj, list):
             return cls.from_tuple(tuple(obj), auto_batch_size=auto_batch_size)
         if is_dataclass(obj):
             return cls.from_dataclass(obj, auto_batch_size=auto_batch_size)
-        if is_namedtuple(obj):
-            return cls.from_namedtuple(obj, auto_batch_size=auto_batch_size)
         if _has_h5:
             import h5py