diff --git a/src/maxtext/models/deepseek_batchsplit.py b/src/maxtext/models/deepseek_batchsplit.py
index fabf0bacad..14ce96978c 100644
--- a/src/maxtext/models/deepseek_batchsplit.py
+++ b/src/maxtext/models/deepseek_batchsplit.py
@@ -168,6 +168,126 @@ def merge(x, split_factor=2):
   return jnp.reshape(x, (-1,) + x.shape[2:])
 
 
+def gather_weights(weights, mesh):
+  """all-gathers FSDP sharded weights."""
+
+  def fn(weights):
+    (
+        (pre_attn_norm, post_attn_norm),
+        (wq_a, wq_b, q_norm, wkv_a, wkv_b, kv_norm, out),
+    ), (
+        (gate, bias),
+        (routed_wi_0, routed_wi_1, routed_wo),
+        (shared_wi_0, shared_wi_1, shared_wo),
+    ) = weights
+    # All-gather across FSDP axis. Expert axis is used for FSDP in attention.
+    wq_a = jax.lax.all_gather(wq_a, axis_name="expert", tiled=True, axis=1)
+    wq_a = jax.lax.all_gather(wq_a, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    wq_b = jax.lax.all_gather(wq_b, axis_name="expert", tiled=True, axis=1)
+    wq_b = jax.lax.all_gather(wq_b, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    wkv_a = jax.lax.all_gather(wkv_a, axis_name="expert", tiled=True, axis=1)
+    wkv_a = jax.lax.all_gather(wkv_a, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    wkv_b = jax.lax.all_gather(wkv_b, axis_name="expert", tiled=True, axis=1)
+    wkv_b = jax.lax.all_gather(wkv_b, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    out = jax.lax.all_gather(out, axis_name="expert", tiled=True)
+    out = jax.lax.all_gather(out, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True, axis=2)
+    gate = jax.lax.all_gather(gate, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    routed_wi_0 = jax.lax.all_gather(routed_wi_0, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    routed_wi_1 = jax.lax.all_gather(routed_wi_1, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    routed_wo = jax.lax.all_gather(routed_wo, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    shared_wi_0 = jax.lax.all_gather(shared_wi_0, axis_name="expert", tiled=True, axis=1)
+    shared_wi_0 = jax.lax.all_gather(shared_wi_0, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    shared_wi_1 = jax.lax.all_gather(shared_wi_1, axis_name="expert", tiled=True, axis=1)
+    shared_wi_1 = jax.lax.all_gather(shared_wi_1, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True)
+    shared_wo = jax.lax.all_gather(shared_wo, axis_name="expert", tiled=True)
+    shared_wo = jax.lax.all_gather(shared_wo, axis_name="fsdp", tiled=True, axis=1)
+    return (
+        (
+            (pre_attn_norm, post_attn_norm),
+            (wq_a, wq_b, q_norm, wkv_a, wkv_b, kv_norm, out),
+        ),
+        (
+            (gate, bias),
+            (routed_wi_0, routed_wi_1, routed_wo),
+            (shared_wi_0, shared_wi_1, shared_wo),
+        ),
+    )
+
+  return jax.shard_map(
+      fn,
+      mesh=mesh,
+      in_specs=(
+          (
+              (
+                  (
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                  ),
+                  (
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", "expert"),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", "expert", None),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", "expert"),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", "expert", None),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("expert", None, "fsdp"),
+                  ),
+              ),
+              (
+                  (
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", None),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                  ),
+                  (
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", None, "expert"),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", None, "expert"),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", "expert", None),
+                  ),
+                  (
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", "expert"),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("fsdp", "expert"),
+                      jax.sharding.PartitionSpec("expert", "fsdp"),
+                  ),
+              ),
+          ),
+      ),
+      out_specs=(
+          (
+              (
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+              ),
+              (
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None, None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None, None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None, None),
+              ),
+          ),
+          (
+              (
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None),
+              ),
+              (
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None, "expert"),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None, "expert"),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, "expert", None),
+              ),
+              (
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None),
+                  jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(None, None),
+              ),
+          ),
+      ),
+      check_vma=False,
+  )(weights)
+
+
 def scan_batch_split_layers(
     inputs,
     params,
@@ -183,6 +303,7 @@ def scan_batch_split_layers(
   """Scans the layers with batch-split schedule."""
 
   def batch_split_scan_fn(inputs, weights, dpos, dseg):
+    weights = gather_weights(weights, mesh)
     xs = batch_split_schedule(
         inputs,
         weights,