diff --git a/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py b/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py
index b943b5e7989f03..eccc8537bdb865 100755
--- a/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py
+++ b/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py
@@ -958,6 +958,9 @@ def _load_state_dict_into_meta_model(
                 )
             )
         ):
+            if is_fsdp_enabled():
+                param_device = "cpu" if is_local_dist_rank_0() else "meta"
+
             # For backward compatibility with older versions of `accelerate` and for non-quantized params
             set_module_tensor_to_device(model, param_name, param_device, **set_module_kwargs)
         else:
@@ -968,7 +971,10 @@ def _load_state_dict_into_meta_model(
             if is_fsdp_enabled() or is_deepspeed_zero3_enabled():
                 module, tensor_name = get_module_from_name(model, param_name)
                 value = getattr(module, tensor_name)
-                value = type(value)(value.data.to("cpu"), **value.__dict__)
+                param_to = "cpu"
+                if is_fsdp_enabled() and not is_local_dist_rank_0():
+                    param_to = "meta"
+                value = type(value)(value.data.to(param_to), **value.__dict__)
                 setattr(module, tensor_name, value)
             # TODO: consider removing used param_parts from state_dict before return