diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/tpu_spawn.py b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/tpu_spawn.py
index 94edfe5354..0a18b7a247 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/tpu_spawn.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/tpu_spawn.py
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ class TPUSpawnPlugin(DDPSpawnPlugin):
 
     def process_dataloader(self, dataloader: DataLoader) -> MpDeviceLoader:
         TPUSpawnPlugin._validate_dataloader(dataloader)
-        return MpDeviceLoader(dataloader, self.root_device)
+        dataloader = MpDeviceLoader(dataloader, self.root_device)
+        # Mimic interface to torch.utils.data.DataLoader
+        dataloader.dataset = dataloader._loader.dataset
+        return dataloader
 
     def configure_ddp(self) -> None:
         pass
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/test_tpu.py b/tests/accelerators/test_tpu.py
index 98a96d15db..4b2f56c329 100644
--- a/tests/accelerators/test_tpu.py
+++ b/tests/accelerators/test_tpu.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 import pytest
 import torch
 from torch import nn
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
 
 from pytorch_lightning import Trainer
 from pytorch_lightning.accelerators.cpu import CPUAccelerator
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ from pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu import TPUAccelerator
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins import TPUPrecisionPlugin, TPUSpawnPlugin, XLACheckpointIO
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import find_shared_parameters
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
-from tests.helpers.boring_model import BoringModel
+from tests.helpers.boring_model import BoringModel, RandomDataset
 from tests.helpers.runif import RunIf
 from tests.helpers.utils import pl_multi_process_test
 
@@ -300,3 +301,12 @@ def test_tpu_invalid_raises():
 def test_xla_checkpoint_plugin_being_default():
     trainer = Trainer(tpu_cores=8)
     assert isinstance(trainer.training_type_plugin.checkpoint_io, XLACheckpointIO)
+
+
+@RunIf(tpu=True)
+@patch("pytorch_lightning.plugins.training_type.tpu_spawn.xm")
+def test_mp_device_dataloader_attribute(_):
+    dataset = RandomDataset(32, 64)
+    dataloader = TPUSpawnPlugin().process_dataloader(DataLoader(dataset))
+
+    assert dataloader.dataset == dataset