diff --git a/tests/nn/data_parallel/test_fsdp_regnet.py b/tests/nn/data_parallel/test_fsdp_regnet.py
index 604417be4..d89d97828 100644
--- a/tests/nn/data_parallel/test_fsdp_regnet.py
+++ b/tests/nn/data_parallel/test_fsdp_regnet.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #   Reduce iterations to 1 for debugging.
 #   Change world_size to 8 on beefy machines for better test coverage.
 _world_size = 2
-_iterations = 100
+_iterations = 5
 
 # TODO (Min): test inplace relu in the future.
 _relu_inplace = False
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         # head
         self.head = Sequential(
-            Sequential(Linear(16, 16), ReLU(), Linear(16, 8),),  # projection_head
+            # TODO (Min): FSDP-mixed_precision doesn't compute the same ways as DDP AMP when bias=True.
+            #             so, we use bias=False for now in the projection_head.
+            Sequential(Linear(16, 16, bias=False), ReLU(), Linear(16, 8, bias=False),),  # projection_head
             Linear(8, 15, bias=False),  # prototypes0
         )
 
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ def ddp_ref():
     world_size = _world_size
     iterations = _iterations
     print(f"Getting DDP reference for world_size {world_size} and iterations {iterations}")
-    inputs = [[]] * world_size
+    inputs = [[] for i in range(world_size)]
     for rank in range(world_size):
         for i in range(iterations):
             inputs[rank].append(torch.rand(2, 2, 2, 2))
@@ -211,6 +213,9 @@ def _test_func(
     if fsdp_config:
         ddp = False
         assert isinstance(fsdp_config, dict), str(fsdp_config)
+        if fsdp_config["mixed_precision"]:
+            # To match DDP in AMP -O1, we need fp32 reduce scatter.
+            fsdp_config["fp32_reduce_scatter"] = True
 
     model = Model()
     model.load_state_dict(state_before)
@@ -242,8 +247,11 @@ def _test_func(
         if ddp and ddp_mixed_precision:
             in_data = in_data.half()
             context = torch.cuda.amp.autocast(enabled=True)
+        if not ddp and fsdp_config["mixed_precision"] == True:
+            context = torch.cuda.amp.autocast(enabled=True)
         with context:
             out = model(in_data)
+            # TODO (Min): this loss is causing nan after ~10 iters, need a real loss and grad scaler.
             loss = out.sum()
         loss.backward()
         optim.step()
@@ -261,6 +269,13 @@ def _test_func(
         # Move tensors to CPU to compare numerics.
         for k, v in fsdp_state.items():
             fsdp_state[k] = v.cpu()
+        # Enable for debugging.
+        if False and rank==0:
+            def dump(d):
+                for k, v in d.items():
+                    print(k, v)
+            dump(state_after)
+            dump(fsdp_state)
         assert objects_are_equal(state_after, fsdp_state, raise_exception=True)
 
     teardown()