diff --git a/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py b/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
index 688d8deb74..7ce9818426 100644
--- a/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
+++ b/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
@@ -743,7 +743,10 @@ def tensor_hook(
                 ) if is_te_imported and state.precision == Precision.AMP_FP8 else contextlib.nullcontext(
                 )
                 with context_manager:
-                    new_model_instance.save_pretrained(temp_save_dir)
+                    new_model_instance.save_pretrained(
+                        temp_save_dir,
+                        max_shard_size='1GB',
+                    )
                 if original_tokenizer is not None:
                     assert isinstance(
                         original_tokenizer,
@@ -799,7 +802,10 @@ def tensor_hook(
                     new_model_instance = self.transform_model_pre_registration(
                         new_model_instance,
                     )
-                    new_model_instance.save_pretrained(register_save_dir)
+                    new_model_instance.save_pretrained(
+                        register_save_dir,
+                        max_shard_size='1GB',
+                    )
                     if original_tokenizer:
                         original_tokenizer.save_pretrained(register_save_dir)