diff --git a/mlc_llm/relax_model/llama.py b/mlc_llm/relax_model/llama.py
index 3e9f3ef7b4..bcd2a99004 100644
--- a/mlc_llm/relax_model/llama.py
+++ b/mlc_llm/relax_model/llama.py
@@ -817,26 +817,42 @@ def create_softmax_func(bb: relax.BlockBuilder, config: LlamaConfig) -> None:
 def get_model(args, hf_config):
     model_name = args.model
     dtype = args.quantization.model_dtype
-    max_seq_len = args.max_seq_len
     sep_embed = args.sep_embed
 
     position_embedding_base = 10000
     max_position_embeddings = 2048
     if "rope_theta" in hf_config:
         position_embedding_base = hf_config["rope_theta"]
-    if "max_position_embeddings" in hf_config:
-        max_position_embeddings = hf_config["max_position_embeddings"]
 
-    config = LlamaConfig(
-        **hf_config,
-        dtype=dtype,
-        position_embedding_base=position_embedding_base,
-        combine_matmul=True,
-        num_shards=args.num_shards,
-        build_model_only=args.build_model_only,
-    )
-    if max_seq_len != -1:
-        config.max_sequence_length = max_seq_len
+    # Llama-2 variants use `max_position_embeddings` to encode maximum sequence length in their hf model cards,
+    # while Llama-1 variants use `max_sequence_length`.
+    # Thus, use `max_sequence_length` if defined. Otherwise, use `max_position_embeddings`.
+    # If none of them is defined, throw an error.
+    if "max_sequence_length" in hf_config:
+        config = LlamaConfig(
+            **hf_config,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            position_embedding_base=position_embedding_base,
+            combine_matmul=True,
+            num_shards=args.num_shards,
+            build_model_only=args.build_model_only,
+        )
+    elif "max_position_embeddings" in hf_config:
+        config = LlamaConfig(
+            **hf_config,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            max_sequence_length=hf_config["max_position_embeddings"],
+            position_embedding_base=position_embedding_base,
+            combine_matmul=True,
+            num_shards=args.num_shards,
+            build_model_only=args.build_model_only,
+        )
+    else:
+        raise Exception("The model config should contain information about maximum sequence length.")
+
+    # If there is a user-provided maximum sequence length, override hf config.
+    if args.max_seq_len != -1:
+        config.max_sequence_length = args.max_seq_len
 
     param_manager = ParamManager()
     bb = relax.BlockBuilder()