diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py b/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py
index 0c7c9f7a1090d..dd1fd3dff5df2 100644
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def _aggregate_total_loss(self):
                 agg_loss /= self.dp_world_size
 
             assert self.global_rank in self.grid.pp_group
-            losses = torch.Tensor([self.dp_group_loss, agg_loss]).to(self.device)
+            losses = torch.stack([self.dp_group_loss, agg_loss])
             if self.is_pipe_parallel:
                 dist.broadcast(tensor=losses, src=self.global_rank, group=self.mpu.get_pipe_parallel_group())
         else: