diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
index 52406313f8..712a11fd37 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
@@ -1193,7 +1193,8 @@ class Trainer(
 
         self.teardown('test')
         if self.is_function_implemented('teardown'):
-            self.model.teardown('test')
+            model_ref = self.get_model()
+            model_ref.teardown('test')
 
     def check_model_configuration(self, model: LightningModule):
         r"""