diff --git a/torchrec/distributed/embedding_lookup.py b/torchrec/distributed/embedding_lookup.py
index fd5948ea5..1c157a174 100644
--- a/torchrec/distributed/embedding_lookup.py
+++ b/torchrec/distributed/embedding_lookup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     EmbeddingComputeKernel,
     GroupedEmbeddingConfig,
     InputDistOutputs,
-    KJTList,
 )
 from torchrec.distributed.fused_params import (
     get_tbes_to_register_from_iterable,
@@ -442,8 +441,9 @@ def _create_lookup(
         self.grouped_configs = grouped_configs
         self._feature_processor = feature_processor
 
+        self._world_size: int = dist.get_world_size(pg)
         self._scale_gradient_factor: int = (
-            dist.get_world_size(pg)
+            self._world_size
             if scale_weight_gradients and get_gradient_division()
             else 1
         )
@@ -487,11 +487,24 @@ def _need_prefetch(config: GroupedEmbeddingConfig) -> bool:
                         ),
                     )
 
+    def _merge_variable_batch_embeddings(
+        self, embeddings: List[torch.Tensor], splits: List[List[int]]
+    ) -> List[torch.Tensor]:
+        split_embs = [e.split(s) for e, s in zip(embeddings, splits)]
+        combined_embs = [
+            emb
+            for rank in range(self._world_size)
+            for n, embs in zip(self._feature_splits, split_embs)
+            for emb in embs[n * rank : n * rank + n]
+        ]
+        return [torch.cat(combined_embs)]
+
     def forward(
         self,
         sparse_features: KeyedJaggedTensor,
     ) -> torch.Tensor:
         embeddings: List[torch.Tensor] = []
+        vbe_splits = []
         if len(self._emb_modules) > 0:
             assert sparse_features is not None
             features_by_group = sparse_features.split(
@@ -514,6 +527,23 @@ def forward(
 
                 embeddings.append(emb_op(features))
 
+                if features.variable_stride_per_key():
+                    stride_per_rank_per_key = list(
+                        zip(*features.stride_per_key_per_rank())
+                    )
+                    vbe_splits.append(
+                        [
+                            stride * dim
+                            for stride_per_rank in stride_per_rank_per_key
+                            for stride, dim in zip(
+                                stride_per_rank, config.embedding_dims()
+                            )
+                        ]
+                    )
+
+        if sparse_features.variable_stride_per_key():
+            embeddings = self._merge_variable_batch_embeddings(embeddings, vbe_splits)
+
         dummy_embedding = (
             self._dummy_embs_tensor
             if sparse_features.variable_stride_per_key()
diff --git a/torchrec/distributed/embeddingbag.py b/torchrec/distributed/embeddingbag.py
index 73969c0fe..9c729016e 100644
--- a/torchrec/distributed/embeddingbag.py
+++ b/torchrec/distributed/embeddingbag.py
@@ -205,28 +205,7 @@ def get_sharding_group(
     param_sharding: ParameterSharding,
     fused_params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
 ) -> str:
-    if fused_params and fused_params.get(USE_ONE_TBE_PER_TABLE, False):
-        return config.name
-    if param_sharding.sharding_type in {
-        ShardingType.COLUMN_WISE.value,
-        ShardingType.TABLE_COLUMN_WISE.value,
-    }:
-        assert param_sharding.ranks
-        num_ranks = len(param_sharding.ranks)
-        assert config.embedding_dim % num_ranks == 0
-        dim = config.embedding_dim // num_ranks
-    else:
-        dim = config.embedding_dim
-
-    group = f"{param_sharding.sharding_type}"
-    if param_sharding.compute_kernel == EmbeddingComputeKernel.FUSED_UVM_CACHING.value:
-        group += f"@{param_sharding.compute_kernel}"
-        if (fused_params and fused_params.get("prefetch_pipeline", False)) or (
-            param_sharding.cache_params
-            and param_sharding.cache_params.prefetch_pipeline
-        ):
-            group += f"@{dim}"
-    return group
+    return param_sharding.sharding_type
 
 
 def create_sharding_infos_by_group(
diff --git a/torchrec/distributed/test_utils/test_model_parallel.py b/torchrec/distributed/test_utils/test_model_parallel.py
index f7c702970..92a98ab2e 100644
--- a/torchrec/distributed/test_utils/test_model_parallel.py
+++ b/torchrec/distributed/test_utils/test_model_parallel.py
@@ -653,9 +653,10 @@ def test_sharding_multiple_kernels(self, sharding_type: str) -> None:
             )
             for i, table in enumerate(self.tables)
         }
+        fused_params = {"prefetch_pipeline": True}
         self._test_sharding(
             # pyre-ignore[6]
-            sharders=[EmbeddingBagCollectionSharder()],
+            sharders=[EmbeddingBagCollectionSharder(fused_params=fused_params)],
             backend=self.backend,
             constraints=constraints,
             variable_batch_per_feature=True,