diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc
index c9ede6a9e53e1..46651a5d1c674 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc
@@ -263,10 +263,16 @@ bool IsHardwareAdapter(ComPtr<IDXCoreAdapter> adapter) {
 }
 
 bool IsGPU(ComPtr<IDXCoreAdapter> compute_adapter) {
+    // Only considering hardware adapters
+    if (!IsHardwareAdapter(compute_adapter))
+        return false;
     return compute_adapter->IsAttributeSupported(DXCORE_ADAPTER_ATTRIBUTE_D3D12_GRAPHICS);
 }
 
 bool IsNPU(ComPtr<IDXCoreAdapter> compute_adapter) {
+    // Only considering hardware adapters
+    if (!IsHardwareAdapter(compute_adapter))
+        return false;
     return !(compute_adapter->IsAttributeSupported(DXCORE_ADAPTER_ATTRIBUTE_D3D12_GRAPHICS));
 }
 
@@ -304,10 +310,6 @@ API_IMPL_BEGIN
         ORT_THROW_IF_FAILED(
             d3D12CoreComputeAdapters->GetAdapter(i, candidateAdapter.GetAddressOf()));
 
-        // Only considering hardware adapters
-        if (!IsHardwareAdapter(candidateAdapter))
-            continue;
-
         if (dev_filter == OrtDmlDeviceFilter::Gpu) // consider GPUs only
         {
             if (IsGPU(candidateAdapter)) {