diff --git a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py
index be828c59..e9d919e2 100644
--- a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py
@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ class TesseractOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
 
             # Set main OCR reader with configurable PSM
             main_psm = (
-                tesserocr.PSM(self.options.psm)
-                if self.options.psm is not None
-                else tesserocr.PSM.AUTO
+                self.options.psm if self.options.psm is not None else tesserocr.PSM.AUTO
             )
             if lang == "auto":
                 self.reader = tesserocr.PyTessBaseAPI(psm=main_psm, **tesserocr_kwargs)
@@ -195,7 +193,7 @@ class TesseractOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
                                         tesserocr.PyTessBaseAPI(
                                             path=self.reader.GetDatapath(),
                                             lang=lang,
-                                            psm=tesserocr.PSM(self.options.psm)
+                                            psm=self.options.psm
                                             if self.options.psm is not None
                                             else tesserocr.PSM.AUTO,
                                             init=True,
diff --git a/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py b/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py
index 8a25bf95..22c46738 100644
--- a/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py
+++ b/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def test_e2e_conversions():
         (TesseractOcrOptions(), True),
         (TesseractCliOcrOptions(), True),
         (EasyOcrOptions(), False),
+        (TesseractOcrOptions(psm=3), True),
         (TesseractOcrOptions(force_full_page_ocr=True), True),
         (TesseractOcrOptions(force_full_page_ocr=True, lang=["auto"]), True),
         (TesseractCliOcrOptions(force_full_page_ocr=True), True),