diff --git a/src/lightning/fabric/utilities/cloud_io.py b/src/lightning/fabric/utilities/cloud_io.py
index ecabbbdb6bb74..c9545265ab91d 100644
--- a/src/lightning/fabric/utilities/cloud_io.py
+++ b/src/lightning/fabric/utilities/cloud_io.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Utilities related to data saving/loading."""
 
-import io
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, IO, Union
 
@@ -66,7 +65,5 @@ def _atomic_save(checkpoint: Dict[str, Any], filepath: Union[str, Path]) -> None
         filepath: The path to which the checkpoint will be saved.
             This points to the file that the checkpoint will be stored in.
     """
-    bytesbuffer = io.BytesIO()
-    torch.save(checkpoint, bytesbuffer)
     with fsspec.open(filepath, "wb") as f:
-        f.write(bytesbuffer.getvalue())
+        torch.save(checkpoint, f)