diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/statistical.py b/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/statistical.py
index 467d7701c326a..fc036b4465474 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/statistical.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/statistical.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def mean(
     if 0 in x.shape:
         shape = _calculate_reduced_shape(x, axis, keepdims)
         ret = paddle.empty(shape)
-    if paddle.is_complex(x):
+    elif paddle.is_complex(x):
         ret = paddle.complex(
             paddle.mean(x.real(), axis=axis, keepdim=keepdims),
             paddle.mean(x.imag(), axis=axis, keepdim=keepdims),