diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27e5f4be2d04a..db1f3970e0e6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed error thrown when using valid distributed mode in multi node ([#6297](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/6297)
 
 
+- Fixed DP reduction with collection ([#6324](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/6324))
+
+
 ## [1.2.1] - 2021-02-23
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/dp.py b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/dp.py
index c2b16303e5d4e..af8cfa7755974 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/dp.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/training_type/dp.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from pytorch_lightning.core.step_result import Result
 from pytorch_lightning.overrides.data_parallel import LightningParallelModule
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins.training_type.parallel import ParallelPlugin
+from pytorch_lightning.utilities.apply_func import apply_to_collection
 
 
 class DataParallelPlugin(ParallelPlugin):
@@ -46,8 +47,13 @@ def reduce(self, tensor, *args, **kwargs):
         if isinstance(tensor, Result):
             tensor.dp_reduce()
 
-        elif isinstance(tensor, torch.Tensor):
-            tensor = tensor.mean()
+        else:
+
+            def _reduce(tensor: torch.Tensor):
+                dtype_tensor = tensor.dtype
+                return tensor.float().mean().type(dtype_tensor)
+
+            tensor = apply_to_collection(tensor, torch.Tensor, _reduce)
 
         return tensor
 
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/test_dp.py b/tests/accelerators/test_dp.py
index 8aeb687f1c927..4736c6788c208 100644
--- a/tests/accelerators/test_dp.py
+++ b/tests/accelerators/test_dp.py
@@ -123,3 +123,22 @@ def test_dp_test(tmpdir):
     new_weights = model.layer_0.weight.clone().detach().cpu()
 
     assert torch.all(torch.eq(old_weights, new_weights))
+
+
+@RunIf(min_gpus=2)
+def test_dp_training_step_dict(tmpdir):
+    """
+    This test verify dp properly reduce dictionaries
+    """
+
+    model = BoringModel()
+    model.training_step_end = None
+    trainer = pl.Trainer(
+        default_root_dir=tmpdir,
+        max_epochs=1,
+        limit_train_batches=2,
+        limit_val_batches=0,
+        gpus=2,
+        accelerator='dp',
+    )
+    trainer.fit(model)
diff --git a/tests/callbacks/test_pruning.py b/tests/callbacks/test_pruning.py
index 23b2fcbb52235..0e63fc29d49b1 100644
--- a/tests/callbacks/test_pruning.py
+++ b/tests/callbacks/test_pruning.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-import os
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from logging import INFO
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 from torch.nn import Sequential
 
 from pytorch_lightning import seed_everything, Trainer
-from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import ModelPruning, ModelCheckpoint
+from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import ModelCheckpoint, ModelPruning
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
 from tests.helpers import BoringModel
 from tests.helpers.runif import RunIf
@@ -274,6 +273,7 @@ def test_permanent_when_model_is_saved_multiple_times(tmpdir, caplog):
     seed_everything(0)
 
     class TestPruning(ModelPruning):
+
         def on_save_checkpoint(self, trainer, pl_module, checkpoint):
             super().on_save_checkpoint(trainer, pl_module, checkpoint)
             assert "layer.mlp_3.weight_orig" not in checkpoint["state_dict"]