diff --git a/awq/models/base.py b/awq/models/base.py
index 628c389d..4338393e 100644
--- a/awq/models/base.py
+++ b/awq/models/base.py
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def _load_config(
     ):
         # [STEP 1] Download model if path is not a directory
         if not os.path.isdir(model_path):
-            ignore_patterns = ["*msgpack*", "*h5*", "optimizer.pt"]
+            ignore_patterns = ["*msgpack*", "*h5*", "optimizer.pt", "*.onnx*"]
             if safetensors:
                 ignore_patterns.extend(["*.pt*", "*.bin*", "consolidated*"])
             else: