diff --git a/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/buffer.py b/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/buffer.py
index de30542a35..c2b2782969 100644
--- a/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/buffer.py
+++ b/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/buffer.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def padded_to_batch(
             dimension is equal to the length of the AgentBufferField.
         """
         if len(self) > 0 and not isinstance(self[0], list):
-            return np.asanyarray(self, dytpe=dtype)
+            return np.asanyarray(self, dtype=dtype)
 
         shape = None
         for _entry in self:
diff --git a/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/tests/test_buffer.py b/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/tests/test_buffer.py
index 6d99cb0e88..c4c612ae7d 100644
--- a/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/tests/test_buffer.py
+++ b/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/tests/test_buffer.py
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ def test_agentbufferfield():
     assert np.array_equal(padded[0], np.array([1, 1, 1, 1]))
     assert np.array_equal(padded[1], np.array([2, 2, 3, 3]))
 
+    # Make sure it doesn't fail when the field isn't a list
+    padded_a = a.padded_to_batch()
+    assert np.array_equal(padded_a, a)
+
 
 def fakerandint(values):
     return 19