diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
index a1a44fd70b..29b6d8681d 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
@@ -552,13 +552,12 @@ class ModelCheckpoint(Callback):
                 trainer.logger.version
                 if isinstance(trainer.logger.version, str) else f"version_{trainer.logger.version}"
             )
-
-            version, name = trainer.training_type_plugin.broadcast((version, trainer.logger.name))
-
-            ckpt_path = os.path.join(save_dir, str(name), version, "checkpoints")
+            ckpt_path = os.path.join(save_dir, str(trainer.logger.name), version, "checkpoints")
         else:
             ckpt_path = os.path.join(trainer.weights_save_path, "checkpoints")
 
+        ckpt_path = trainer.training_type_plugin.broadcast(ckpt_path)
+
         self.dirpath = ckpt_path
 
         if not trainer.fast_dev_run and trainer.is_global_zero: