diff --git a/vllm/lora/request.py b/vllm/lora/request.py
index c4b26dc92c6f4..5e3d2f0ed211b 100644
--- a/vllm/lora/request.py
+++ b/vllm/lora/request.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class LoRARequest(
     base_model_name: Optional[str] = msgspec.field(default=None)
 
     def __post_init__(self):
-        if 'lora_local_path' in self.__struct_fields__:
+        if self.lora_local_path:
             warnings.warn(
                 "The 'lora_local_path' attribute is deprecated "
                 "and will be removed in a future version. "