diff --git a/trl/trainer/utils.py b/trl/trainer/utils.py
index 3eaddf0ad1..12744c6370 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/utils.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/utils.py
@@ -611,7 +611,9 @@ def load_from_json(cls, accelerator: Accelerator, json_path: str):
 
 
 @torch.no_grad()
-def get_global_statistics(accelerator, xs: torch.Tensor, mask=None, device="cpu") -> Tuple[float, float, int]:
+def get_global_statistics(
+    accelerator, xs: torch.Tensor, mask=None, device="cpu"
+) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, int]:
     """
     Computes element-wise mean and variance of the tensor across processes. Reference:
     https://github.com/OpenLMLab/MOSS-RLHF/blob/40b91eb2f2b71b16919addede0341d2bef70825d/utils.py#L57C1-L73C75
@@ -626,7 +628,7 @@ def get_global_statistics(accelerator, xs: torch.Tensor, mask=None, device="cpu"
     sum_var = accelerator.reduce(sum_var)
     global_var = sum_var / count
 
-    return global_mean.to(device), global_var.to(device), count.to(device)
+    return global_mean.to(device), global_var.to(device), count.item()
 
 
 def compute_accuracy(eval_pred) -> Dict[str, float]: