diff --git a/examples/mlperf/model_train.py b/examples/mlperf/model_train.py
index f7b8825477..6b70032a13 100644
--- a/examples/mlperf/model_train.py
+++ b/examples/mlperf/model_train.py
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ def train_llama3():
 def train_gptoss():
   from examples.mlperf.models.gpt_oss import GPTOSS, GPT_OSS_20B, apply_grad, FP8_DTYPE
   from examples.mlperf.lr_schedulers import CosineAnnealingLRWithWarmup
-  from examples.mlperf.optim import GradAccClipAdamW, clip_grads
+  from examples.mlperf.optim import GradAccClipAdamW, GradAccClipAdamWGroup, clip_grads
 
   BENCHMARK = getenv("BENCHMARK")
 
@@ -1734,7 +1734,12 @@ def train_gptoss():
   is_offload_optim = bool(getenv("OFFLOAD_OPTIM"))
   is_fake_offload = Device.DEFAULT == "NULL"
   optim_device = ("CPU" if not is_fake_offload else "NULL:99") if is_offload_optim else None
-  optim = GradAccClipAdamW(params, lr=0.0, b1=opt_adamw_beta_1, b2=opt_adamw_beta_2, eps=opt_adamw_epsilon, weight_decay=opt_adamw_weight_decay, grad_acc=grad_acc, device=optim_device)
+  params_wd = [p for p in params if p.ndim >= 3]
+  params_no_wd = [p for p in params if p.ndim < 3]
+  optim = GradAccClipAdamWGroup(
+    GradAccClipAdamW(params_wd, lr=0.0, b1=opt_adamw_beta_1, b2=opt_adamw_beta_2, eps=opt_adamw_epsilon, weight_decay=opt_adamw_weight_decay, grad_acc=grad_acc, device=optim_device),
+    GradAccClipAdamW(params_no_wd, lr=0.0, b1=opt_adamw_beta_1, b2=opt_adamw_beta_2, eps=opt_adamw_epsilon, weight_decay=0.0, grad_acc=grad_acc, device=optim_device),
+  )
 
   for p in optim.params:
     grad_dtype = dtypes.bfloat16 if p.dtype == FP8_DTYPE else p.dtype
diff --git a/examples/mlperf/optim.py b/examples/mlperf/optim.py
index 5c6d4c53e8..d9130d7dfa 100644
--- a/examples/mlperf/optim.py
+++ b/examples/mlperf/optim.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes
-from tinygrad.nn.optim import Optimizer
+from tinygrad.nn.optim import Optimizer, OptimizerGroup
 from tinygrad.helpers import FUSE_OPTIM, getenv
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops
 
@@ -121,3 +121,21 @@ class GradAccClipAdamW(Optimizer):
       return ret.shard_like(t) if offloaded else ret
     out = new_w.cast(t.dtype)
     return out.shard_like(t) if offloaded else out
+
+class GradAccClipAdamWGroup(OptimizerGroup):
+  def fstep(self, grads:list[Tensor], grad_norm:Tensor|None=None):
+    offset = 0
+    to_realize = []
+    for o in self.optimizers:
+      n = len(o.params)
+      to_realize += o.fschedule_step(grads[offset:offset+n])
+      offset += n
+    Tensor.realize(*to_realize, *([grad_norm] if grad_norm is not None else []))
+  @property
+  def lr(self): return self.optimizers[0].lr
+  @property
+  def device(self): return self.optimizers[0].device
+  @property
+  def master_params(self):
+    mp = [mp for o in self.optimizers for mp in (o.master_params or [])]
+    return mp if mp else None