diff --git a/test/spmd/test_xla_distributed_checkpoint.py b/test/spmd/test_xla_distributed_checkpoint.py
index 2cddc68c29a..a78057210ab 100644
--- a/test/spmd/test_xla_distributed_checkpoint.py
+++ b/test/spmd/test_xla_distributed_checkpoint.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import torch_xla.runtime as xr
 import torch_xla.distributed.spmd as xs
 
+from torch.distributed.checkpoint._fsspec_filesystem import *
 from torch.distributed.checkpoint.default_planner import (
     create_default_local_save_plan,
     create_default_global_save_plan,
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ def _save_and_restore(self,
                         model_out,
                         save_planner=None,
                         load_planner=None,
+                        storage_writer_cls=dist_cp.FileSystemWriter,
+                        storage_reader_cls=dist_cp.FileSystemReader,
                         is_sharded_cpu_state_dict=False,
                         chkpt_path=None):
     """
@@ -91,8 +94,9 @@ def _save_and_restore(self,
     model_out_state_dict = model_out.state_dict()
     dist_cp.save(
         state_dict=model_in_state_dict,
-        storage_writer=dist_cp.FileSystemWriter(
+        storage_writer=storage_writer_cls(
             chkpt_path,
+            sync_files=False,
             per_thread_copy_ahead=0,
         ),
         planner=save_planner,
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ def _save_and_restore(self,
 
     dist_cp.load(
         state_dict=model_out_state_dict,
-        storage_reader=dist_cp.FileSystemReader(chkpt_path),
+        storage_reader=storage_reader_cls(chkpt_path),
         planner=load_planner,
     )
     for p1, p2 in zip(model_in.parameters(), model_out.parameters()):
@@ -156,6 +160,8 @@ def test_multihost_checkpoint(self):
         model2,
         save_planner=SPMDSavePlanner(),
         load_planner=SPMDLoadPlanner(),
+        storage_writer_cls=FsspecWriter,
+        storage_reader_cls=FsspecReader,
         chkpt_path=os.environ['CHKPT_PATH'])
 
     # Destroy the CPU process group after the test