diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1ae50dccc58a..b2b0d8feb528e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 - Fixed lr key name in case of param groups in LearningRateLogger ([#1719](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/1719))
 
+- Fixed saving native AMP scaler state (introduced in [#1561](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/1561))
+
+
 ## [0.7.5] - 2020-04-27
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py
index 4f474b761e94f..437a89e42470f 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ def dump_checkpoint(self):
 
         checkpoint['state_dict'] = model.state_dict()
 
-        # restore native amp scaling
-        if self.use_amp and self.use_native_amp and 'native_amp_scaling_state' in checkpoint:
+        # save native amp scaling
+        if self.use_amp and self.use_native_amp:
             checkpoint['native_amp_scaling_state'] = self.scaler.state_dict()
 
         if hasattr(model, "hparams"):