diff --git a/deepmd/pt/entrypoints/main.py b/deepmd/pt/entrypoints/main.py
index a0694c41c5..47946d3037 100644
--- a/deepmd/pt/entrypoints/main.py
+++ b/deepmd/pt/entrypoints/main.py
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ def get_trainer(
     local_rank = os.environ.get("LOCAL_RANK")
     if local_rank is not None:
         local_rank = int(local_rank)
-        assert dist.is_nccl_available()
-        dist.init_process_group(backend="nccl")
+        dist.init_process_group(backend="cuda:nccl,cpu:gloo")
 
     def prepare_trainer_input_single(
         model_params_single, data_dict_single, rank=0, seed=None