diff --git a/src/transformers/training_args.py b/src/transformers/training_args.py
index 2c3d9e2cd866..68ff158316be 100644
--- a/src/transformers/training_args.py
+++ b/src/transformers/training_args.py
@@ -2655,7 +2655,7 @@ def set_dataloader(
         return self
 
     def _process_fsdp_args(self):
-        if self.fsdp is None:
+        if not self.fsdp:
             self.fsdp = []
         elif self.fsdp is True:
             self.fsdp = [FSDPOption.FULL_SHARD]