diff --git a/mmengine/evaluator/metric.py b/mmengine/evaluator/metric.py
index 6e6d40bee3..4d052f269a 100644
--- a/mmengine/evaluator/metric.py
+++ b/mmengine/evaluator/metric.py
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
 
 from torch import Tensor
 
+import torch
+import torch_npu
+from torch_npu.contrib import transfer_to_npu
+
 from mmengine.dist import (broadcast_object_list, collect_results,
                            is_main_process)
 from mmengine.fileio import dump
 from mmengine.logging import print_log
 from mmengine.registry import METRICS
 from mmengine.structures import BaseDataElement
+from mmengine.device import is_npu_available
 
 
 class BaseMetric(metaclass=ABCMeta):
@@ -49,7 +54,10 @@ def __init__(self,
                              "`collect_device='cpu'`")
 
         self._dataset_meta: Union[None, dict] = None
-        self.collect_device = collect_device
+        if is_npu_available():
+            self.collect_device = 'gpu'
+        else:
+            self.collect_device = collect_device
         self.results: List[Any] = []
         self.prefix = prefix or self.default_prefix
         self.collect_dir = collect_dir