diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py
index 2a9b15c732541a22ff73b18b8f9aff0b6b3facc2..d0020a2776be7bc490c0a4cba401a5e066323023 100644
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/fleet_base.py
@@ -269,11 +269,27 @@ class Fleet(object):
             cg.set_comm_group('global', global_rank, global_world_size,
                               global_ring_id, global_ranks)
 
+            use_tensor_parallel = self._user_defined_strategy.tensor_parallel
+            use_mp = use_sharding or use_tensor_parallel
+
             # hybrid group
-            if use_sharding is False: return
+            if use_mp is False: return
+
+            mp_degree_sharding = 1
+            mp_degree_tensor_parallel = 1
+            if use_sharding:
+                sharding_configs = self._user_defined_strategy.sharding_configs
+                mp_degree_sharding = int(sharding_configs['mp_degree'])
+
+            if use_tensor_parallel:
+                tensor_parallel_configs = self._user_defined_strategy.tensor_parallel_configs
+                mp_degree_tensor_parallel = int(tensor_parallel_configs[
+                    'tensor_parallel_degree'])
+
+            if use_sharding and use_tensor_parallel:
+                assert mp_degree_sharding == mp_degree_tensor_parallel
 
-            sharding_configs = self._user_defined_strategy.sharding_configs
-            mp_degree = int(sharding_configs['mp_degree'])
+            mp_degree = mp_degree_sharding if use_sharding else mp_degree_tensor_parallel
 
             if mp_degree > 1:
                 assert global_world_size % mp_degree == 0
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_static_mp_layers.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_static_mp_layers.py
index 6c7fab25a3096db565091284c67f53bb45a66a39..c9de3814f0acf983a3c298b1a6f9952468f7f0ed 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_static_mp_layers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_static_mp_layers.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class TestDistTraning(unittest.TestCase):
             "mp_degree": self.model_parallel_size,
             "sharding_degree": 2,
         }
+        strategy.tensor_parallel = True
+        strategy.tensor_parallel_configs = {"tensor_parallel_degree": 2}
         fleet.init(is_collective=True, strategy=strategy)
 
     def get_program(self):