diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/apply_func.py b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/apply_func.py
index f81a382041..5846214636 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/apply_func.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/apply_func.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TORCHTEXT_AVAILABLE = importlib.util.find_spec("torchtext") is not None
 if TORCHTEXT_AVAILABLE:
     from torchtext.data import Batch
 else:
-    Batch = None
+    Batch = type(None)
 
 
 def apply_to_collection(data: Any, dtype: Union[type, tuple], function: Callable, *args, **kwargs) -> Any: