diff --git a/torchrec/distributed/train_pipeline/utils.py b/torchrec/distributed/train_pipeline/utils.py
index eba7db8bb..a9160ce90 100644
--- a/torchrec/distributed/train_pipeline/utils.py
+++ b/torchrec/distributed/train_pipeline/utils.py
@@ -31,9 +31,17 @@
     Union,
 )
 
+import torch
 from torch import distributed as dist
 
-from torch.distributed._composable.fsdp.fully_shard import FSDPModule as FSDP2
+if not torch._running_with_deploy():
+    from torch.distributed._composable.fsdp.fully_shard import FSDPModule as FSDP2
+else:
+
+    class FSDP2:
+        pass
+
+
 from torch.distributed.fsdp import FullyShardedDataParallel as FSDP
 from torch.fx.immutable_collections import (
     immutable_dict as fx_immutable_dict,