diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/utils.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/utils.py
index bb98cf63b..2b09f8f75 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/utils.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/utils.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def find_subgraph_pregel(candidate: Runnable) -> Optional[Runnable]:
         if (
             isinstance(c, Pregel)
             # subgraphs that disabled checkpointing are not considered
-            and candidate.checkpointer is not False
+            and c.checkpointer is not False
         ):
             return c
         elif isinstance(c, RunnableSequence) or isinstance(c, RunnableSeq):