diff --git a/pxr/usd/usdUtils/updateSchemaWithSdrNode.py b/pxr/usd/usdUtils/updateSchemaWithSdrNode.py
index 8a49c55252..03cc6c5478 100644
--- a/pxr/usd/usdUtils/updateSchemaWithSdrNode.py
+++ b/pxr/usd/usdUtils/updateSchemaWithSdrNode.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def _CreateAttrSpecFromNodeAttribute(primSpec, prop, primDefForAttrPruning,
 
     defaultValue = prop.GetDefaultValueAsSdfType()
     if (attrType == Sdf.ValueTypeNames.String or
-            attrType == Sdf.ValueTypeNames.Tokens) and defaultValue is not None:
+            attrType == Sdf.ValueTypeNames.Token) and defaultValue is not None:
         attrSpec.default = defaultValue.replace('"', r'\"')
     else:
         attrSpec.default = defaultValue