diff --git a/onnx_neural_compressor/quantization/config.py b/onnx_neural_compressor/quantization/config.py
index 1bfe9297d..d55fb81d7 100644
--- a/onnx_neural_compressor/quantization/config.py
+++ b/onnx_neural_compressor/quantization/config.py
@@ -802,10 +802,10 @@ def to_config_mapping(self, config_list: List[BaseConfig] = None, model_info: li
             global_config = config.get_params_dict()
             op_type_config_dict, op_name_config_dict = config._get_op_name_op_type_config()
             for op_name, op_type in model_info:
-                if op_name in self.nodes_to_exclude:
-                    continue
                 if op_type not in self.white_list:
                     continue
+                if any([re.match(exclude_name, op_name) for exclude_name in self.nodes_to_exclude]):
+                    continue
                 if op_type == "MatMul":
                     last_matmul = op_name
                 if global_config is not None: