diff --git a/src/frontends/pytorch/src/op/sum.cpp b/src/frontends/pytorch/src/op/sum.cpp
index 5004804074b..41a699d924b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/pytorch/src/op/sum.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/pytorch/src/op/sum.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ OutputVector translate_sum(const NodeContext& context) {
     bool keep_dims = false;
     ov::Output<ov::Node> axes;
     auto data = context.get_input(0);
-    if (data.get_element_type() == element::boolean) {
+    auto data_dtype = simplified_type_interpret(context.get_input_type(0));
+    if (data.get_element_type() == element::boolean ||
+        (data_dtype.is<element::Type>() && data_dtype.as<element::Type>() == element::boolean)) {
         data = context.mark_node(std::make_shared<ov::op::v0::Convert>(data, element::i64));
     }
     if (context.input_is_none(1)) {