diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/utils.py b/deepspeed/runtime/utils.py
index b62a78fabec3..72b6447da2fa 100755
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/utils.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import psutil
 import gc
 from math import sqrt
-from math import floor
 from bisect import bisect_left
 from packaging import version as pkg_version
 
@@ -552,6 +551,7 @@ def prefix_sum_inc(weights):
 
 
 def partition_uniform(num_items, num_parts):
+    import numpy
     parts = [0] * (num_parts + 1)
     # First check for the trivial edge case
     if num_items <= num_parts:
@@ -559,10 +559,15 @@ def partition_uniform(num_items, num_parts):
             parts[p] = min(p, num_items)
         return parts
 
-    chunksize = floor(num_items / num_parts)
-    for p in range(num_parts):
-        parts[p] = min(chunksize * p, num_items)
-    parts[num_parts] = num_items
+    chunksize = num_items // num_parts
+    residual = num_items - (chunksize * num_parts)
+
+    parts = numpy.arange(0, (num_parts + 1) * chunksize, chunksize)
+
+    for i in range(residual):
+        parts[i + 1:] += 1
+    parts = parts.tolist()
+
     return parts