diff --git a/src/lightning/fabric/plugins/precision/bitsandbytes.py b/src/lightning/fabric/plugins/precision/bitsandbytes.py
index 12a0ac3998..a41f387b2f 100644
--- a/src/lightning/fabric/plugins/precision/bitsandbytes.py
+++ b/src/lightning/fabric/plugins/precision/bitsandbytes.py
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ class BitsandbytesPrecision(Precision):
     def convert_output(self, data: Any) -> Any:
         return apply_to_collection(data, function=_convert_fp_tensor, dtype=Tensor, dst_type=torch.get_default_dtype())
 
+    @property
+    def mixed_precision_config(self):
+        from torch.distributed.fsdp.fully_sharded_data_parallel import MixedPrecision as TorchMixedPrecision
+        return TorchMixedPrecision(
+            param_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+            reduce_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+            buffer_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+        )
+
 
 def _quantize_on_load_hook(quantize_fn: Callable[[torch.Tensor], None], state_dict: OrderedDict, *_: Any) -> None:
     # There is only one key that ends with `*.weight`, the other one is the bias
diff --git a/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/fsdp.py b/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/fsdp.py
index ed89629f72..bf85d6c4c5 100644
--- a/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/fsdp.py
+++ b/src/lightning/fabric/strategies/fsdp.py
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ class FSDPStrategy(ParallelStrategy, _Sharded):
         if self.mixed_precision:
             return self.mixed_precision
         plugin = self.precision
-        if isinstance(plugin, FSDPPrecision):
-            return plugin.mixed_precision_config
+        # if isinstance(plugin, FSDPPrecision):
+        return plugin.mixed_precision_config
         return None
 
     @property
@@ -231,15 +231,15 @@ class FSDPStrategy(ParallelStrategy, _Sharded):
     def precision(self) -> FSDPPrecision:
         plugin = self._precision
         if plugin is not None:
-            assert isinstance(plugin, FSDPPrecision)
+            # assert isinstance(plugin, FSDPPrecision)
             return plugin
         return FSDPPrecision("32-true")
 
     @precision.setter
     @override
     def precision(self, precision: Optional[FSDPPrecision]) -> None:
-        if precision is not None and not isinstance(precision, FSDPPrecision):
-            raise TypeError(f"The FSDP strategy can only work with the `FSDPPrecision` plugin, found {precision}")
+        # if precision is not None and not isinstance(precision, FSDPPrecision):
+        #     raise TypeError(f"The FSDP strategy can only work with the `FSDPPrecision` plugin, found {precision}")
         self._precision = precision
 
     @override