diff --git a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/fsdp2_qlora.py b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/fsdp2_qlora.py
index 04d0d1971..8076e9b14 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/fsdp2_qlora.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/fsdp2_qlora.py
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ def apply_init_sharded_param_patch():
         )
         self.sharded_param = self.to_sharded_dtensor(self.sharded_param)
     else:
-        self.sharded_param = nn.Parameter(self.to_sharded_dtensor(sharded_param))
-        self.sharded_param.requires_grad_(param.requires_grad)"""
+        self.sharded_param = nn.Parameter(
+            self.to_sharded_dtensor(sharded_param),
+            requires_grad=param.requires_grad,
+        )"""
 
     # Apply the replacement
     if original_param_creation in original_source: