diff --git a/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py b/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
index 1f1d29ea8..c82fd9443 100644
--- a/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
+++ b/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
@@ -1765,9 +1765,9 @@ def _post_backward_hook(self, param: Parameter, *unused: Any) -> None:
 
         if self.fp32_reduce_scatter:
             if self.optimize_backward_concat:
-                param.unsharded_main_grad = self._fsdp_wrapped_module.fp32_grads
+                param.unsharded_main_grad = self._fsdp_wrapped_module.fp32_flat_grad
                 # Clean up accumulated grads between data batches
-                self._fsdp_wrapped_module.fp32_grads = None
+                self._fsdp_wrapped_module.fp32_flat_grad = None
             else:
                 if getattr(param, "unsharded_main_grad", None) is None:
                     param.unsharded_main_grad = param.grad.to(torch.float32)
diff --git a/fairscale/nn/misc/flatten_params_wrapper.py b/fairscale/nn/misc/flatten_params_wrapper.py
index d35541e9a..727d08a6d 100644
--- a/fairscale/nn/misc/flatten_params_wrapper.py
+++ b/fairscale/nn/misc/flatten_params_wrapper.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._require_backward_grad_sync = True
         # If optimize_backward_concat == True, used to accumulate the
         # fp32 gradients for the flattened parameters
-        self.fp32_grads = None
+        self.fp32_flat_grad = None
 
         # Handle param_list being None.
         if param_list is None:
@@ -386,12 +386,12 @@ def _grad_accumulation_hook(
         end,
     ):
         """
-            start: int, the starting index(inclusive) of the grad of this parameter in self.fp32_grads
-            end: int, the ending index(exclusive) of the grad of this parameter in self.fp32_grads
+            start: int, the starting index(inclusive) of the grad of this parameter in self.fp32_flat_grad
+            end: int, the ending index(exclusive) of the grad of this parameter in self.fp32_flat_grad
         """
 
-        assert self.fp32_grads is not None
-        self.fp32_grads[start:end].add_(grad.flatten())
+        assert self.fp32_flat_grad is not None
+        self.fp32_flat_grad[start:end].add_(grad.flatten())
         return grad
 
     def _unflatten_params_as_views(self) -> None:
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def _unflatten_params_as_views(self) -> None:
             setattr(m, n, p)  # This will set as plain attr
             if self.optimize_backward_concat:
                 # Register post backward hook to accumulate the gradients
-                # in self.fp32_grads
+                # in self.fp32_flat_grad
                 param_end = param_start + torch.numel(p)
                 p.register_hook(
                     functools.partial(
@@ -433,10 +433,10 @@ def _unflatten_params_as_views(self) -> None:
                 param_start = param_end
             param_views.append(p)
 
-        if self.optimize_backward_concat and self.fp32_grads is None:
+        if self.optimize_backward_concat and self.fp32_flat_grad is None:
             # Allocate GPU memory for flattened fp32 grad accumulation 
             total_numels = sum([torch.numel(p) for p in param_views])
-            self.fp32_grads = torch.zeros(total_numels, dtype=torch.float32, device=torch.cuda.current_device())
+            self.fp32_flat_grad = torch.zeros(total_numels, dtype=torch.float32, device=torch.cuda.current_device())
 
 
         # Save param views for easy access if anyone still wants to access