diff --git a/scripts/chat_sft.py b/scripts/chat_sft.py
index bbb33e06..3bf38ae3 100644
--- a/scripts/chat_sft.py
+++ b/scripts/chat_sft.py
@@ -211,9 +211,15 @@ for step in range(num_iterations):
         break
 
     # evaluate the gradient
+    steps = [next(train_loader) for _ in range(grad_accum_steps)]
     num_tokens = torch.tensor(0, device=device) # the number of "active" tokens of supervision seen
-    for micro_step in range(grad_accum_steps):
-        train_inputs, train_targets = next(train_loader)
+    num_tokens += sum((targets >= 0).sum() for _, targets in steps)
+
+    if ddp:
+        dist.all_reduce(num_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM) # sum over ranks
+
+    for micro_step, (train_inputs, train_targets) in enumerate(steps):
+        batch_num_tokens = (train_targets >= 0).sum()
         with autocast_ctx:
             loss = model(train_inputs, train_targets)
         train_loss = loss.detach() # for logging