diff --git a/keras/src/legacy/saving/legacy_h5_format.py b/keras/src/legacy/saving/legacy_h5_format.py
index 0e284f5a9db..cc5ef63d97a 100644
--- a/keras/src/legacy/saving/legacy_h5_format.py
+++ b/keras/src/legacy/saving/legacy_h5_format.py
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ def load_weights_from_hdf5_group_by_name(f, model, skip_mismatch=False):
             )
 
     if "top_level_model_weights" in f:
-        symbolic_weights = model.trainable_weights + model.non_trainable_weights
+        symbolic_weights = model._trainable_variables + model._non_trainable_variables
         weight_values = load_subset_weights_from_hdf5_group(
             f["top_level_model_weights"]
         )