diff --git a/tuning/sft_trainer.py b/tuning/sft_trainer.py
index 7a6a11d46..f89ec162e 100644
--- a/tuning/sft_trainer.py
+++ b/tuning/sft_trainer.py
@@ -576,10 +576,36 @@ def save(path: str, trainer: SFTTrainer, tc_callback, log_level="WARNING", args=
 
     logger.info("Saving tuned model to path: %s", path)
     trainer.save_model(path)
+    actually_saved = False
     if tc_callback and args:
-        tc_callback.on_save(
-            args, trainer.state, trainer.control, path=path, is_final=True
-        )
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            try:
+                saved_files = os.listdir(path)
+                logger.info(
+                    "sanity check, we found %d files at checkpoint path '%s'",
+                    len(saved_files),
+                    path,
+                )
+                actually_saved = len(saved_files) > 0
+            except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+                logger.error(
+                    "sanity check, failed to list files in checkpoint path '%s' , error: %s",
+                    path,
+                    e,
+                )
+        else:
+            logger.warning(
+                "sanity check, failed because checkpoint path '%s' doesn't exist", path
+            )
+        if actually_saved:
+            tc_callback.on_save(
+                args, trainer.state, trainer.control, path=path, is_final=True
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.warning(
+                "skip triggering on_save event since checkpoint path is empty: '%s'",
+                path,
+            )
 
 
 def get_parser():