diff --git a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/accelerate/fsdp2.py b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/accelerate/fsdp2.py
index cf8056ca0..e086885bb 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/accelerate/fsdp2.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/accelerate/fsdp2.py
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ def fsdp2_load_full_state_dict(
                 sharded_meta_param.placements,
                 src_data_rank=0,
             )
+            # Clone the local shard to allow full_tensor to be freed.
+            if (
+                sharded_param._local_tensor.untyped_storage().size()
+                > sharded_param._local_tensor.nelement()
+                * sharded_param._local_tensor.element_size()
+            ):
+                sharded_param = sharded_param.clone()
         else:
             # Non-sharded parameters
             if _accelerator.is_main_process: