diff --git a/colossalai/checkpoint_io/utils.py b/colossalai/checkpoint_io/utils.py
index 3dada00cd9b5..f28b3e82cc9e 100644
--- a/colossalai/checkpoint_io/utils.py
+++ b/colossalai/checkpoint_io/utils.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from torch.optim import Optimizer
 
 from colossalai.tensor.d_tensor.d_tensor import DTensor
+from .index_file import CheckpointIndexFile
 
 SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME = "model.safetensors"
 WEIGHTS_NAME = "pytorch_model.bin"