diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py b/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py
index 6286aa6cf0c4..19b14f69b003 100644
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/pipe/engine.py
@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@ def _aggregate_total_loss(self):
 
             assert self.global_rank in self.grid.pp_group
             losses = torch.Tensor([self.dp_group_loss, agg_loss]).to(self.device)
-            dist.broadcast(tensor=losses, src=self.global_rank, group=self.mpu.get_pipe_parallel_group())
-
+            if self.is_pipe_parallel:
+                dist.broadcast(tensor=losses, src=self.global_rank, group=self.mpu.get_pipe_parallel_group())
         else:
             # Get loss from last stage
             src_rank = self.grid.stage_to_global(self.num_stages - 1)