diff --git a/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_mixed_dequantize.py b/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_mixed_dequantize.py
index 5fcb927d4..2b61e3247 100644
--- a/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_mixed_dequantize.py
+++ b/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_mixed_dequantize.py
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@
 
 from bitsandbytes.triton.triton_utils import is_triton_available
 
-if not is_triton_available():
+use_triton = False
+if is_triton_available():
+    import triton
+    try:
+        from triton.ops.matmul_perf_model import early_config_prune, estimate_matmul_time
+        use_triton = True
+    except ImportError:
+        print("bitsandbytes matmul_mixed warning, triton.ops.matmul_perf_model is not available anymore.")
+
+if use_triton == False:
 
     def int8_matmul_mixed_dequantize(a, b, state_x, state_w, bias):
         return None
diff --git a/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_rowwise_dequantize.py b/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_rowwise_dequantize.py
index 05e30a4c9..2b0c31ef9 100644
--- a/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_rowwise_dequantize.py
+++ b/bitsandbytes/triton/int8_matmul_rowwise_dequantize.py
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@
 
 from bitsandbytes.triton.triton_utils import is_triton_available
 
-if not is_triton_available():
+use_triton = False
+if is_triton_available():
+    import triton
+    try:
+        from triton.ops.matmul_perf_model import early_config_prune, estimate_matmul_time
+        use_triton = True
+    except ImportError:
+        print("bitsandbytes rowwise_dequantize warning, triton.ops.matmul_perf_model is not available anymore.")
+
+if use_triton == False:
 
     def int8_matmul_rowwise_dequantize(a, b, state_x, state_w, bias):
         return None