diff --git a/ludwig/backend/base.py b/ludwig/backend/base.py
index 112a8afe35e..01ba196bef6 100644
--- a/ludwig/backend/base.py
+++ b/ludwig/backend/base.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def create_trainer(
     ) -> BaseTrainer:  # type: ignore[override]
         from ludwig.trainers.trainer import Trainer
 
-        return Trainer(distributed=self._distributed, **kwargs)
+        return Trainer(config, model, distributed=self._distributed, **kwargs)
 
     def create_predictor(self, model: BaseModel, **kwargs):
         from ludwig.models.predictor import get_predictor_cls