diff --git a/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/pointwise_ops.py b/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/pointwise_ops.py
index a943d65997d6..c98b1112c7eb 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/pointwise_ops.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/frontends/torch/pointwise_ops.py
@@ -411,6 +411,10 @@ def positive(input, *, out=None):
 @with_unsupported_dtypes({"2.2 and below": ("bool",)}, "torch")
 @to_ivy_arrays_and_back
 def pow(input, exponent, *, out=None):
+    # torch supports input not being a tensor as well
+    if not ivy.is_array(input):
+        input = torch_frontend.as_tensor(input).ivy_array
+
     if not ivy.is_array(exponent):
         if (
             any(dtype in str(input.dtype) for dtype in ["int8", "int16"])