diff --git a/src/MLDataDevices.jl b/src/MLDataDevices.jl
index edf3b67..e9ef6c0 100644
--- a/src/MLDataDevices.jl
+++ b/src/MLDataDevices.jl
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ export get_device, get_device_type
 
 export DeviceIterator
 
+### uncomment below when min supported julia version is >=1.11
+# public isleaf 
+
 end
diff --git a/src/public.jl b/src/public.jl
index 178c6f9..1911415 100644
--- a/src/public.jl
+++ b/src/public.jl
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ for (dev) in (:CPU, :CUDA, :AMDGPU, :Metal, :oneAPI, :XLA)
         end
         (D::$(ldev))(x::Union{Tuple, NamedTuple}) = map(D, x)
         function (D::$(ldev))(x)
-            Functors.isleaf(x) && return Adapt.adapt(D, x)
+            isleaf(x) && return Adapt.adapt(D, x)
             return Functors.fmap(D, x)
         end
     end
@@ -370,3 +370,6 @@ for T in (AMDGPUDevice, AMDGPUDevice{Nothing}, CUDADevice,
     CUDADevice{Nothing}, MetalDevice, oneAPIDevice)
     @eval Adapt.adapt_storage(to::$(T), x::AbstractRange) = Adapt.adapt(to, collect(x))
 end
+
+
+isleaf(x) = Functors.isleaf(x)