diff --git a/colossalai/zero/sharded_optim/low_level_optim.py b/colossalai/zero/sharded_optim/low_level_optim.py
index 8a4f05677..c437ac549 100644
--- a/colossalai/zero/sharded_optim/low_level_optim.py
+++ b/colossalai/zero/sharded_optim/low_level_optim.py
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@ class LowLevelZeroOptimizer(ColossalaiOptimizer):
         # 2. contiguous gradients
         # 3. cpu offload
         # 4. support when some parameters requires_grad = False
-
-        self._optimizer = optimizer
-        self._dtype = self._optimizer.param_groups[0]['params'][0].dtype
+        super(LowLevelZeroOptimizer, self).__init__(optim=optimizer)
+        self._dtype = self.optim.param_groups[0]['params'][0].dtype
         self._logger = get_dist_logger()
         self._verbose = verbose
 
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class LowLevelZeroOptimizer(ColossalaiOptimizer):
         self._clip_grad_norm = clip_grad_norm
 
         if forced_dtype:
-            for group in self._optimizer.param_groups:
+            for group in self.optim.param_groups:
                 group_params = group['params']
                 for param in group_params:
                     param.data = param.data.to(forced_dtype)
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ class LowLevelZeroOptimizer(ColossalaiOptimizer):
         # iterate over the param group in the optimizer
         # partition these param groups for data parallel training
         # and add buffers to parameter store for future access
-        for group_id, param_group in enumerate(self._optimizer.param_groups):
+        for group_id, param_group in enumerate(self.optim.param_groups):
             group_params = param_group['params']
 
             # add the fp16 params to fp16_param_groups for bookkeeping
@@ -198,7 +197,9 @@ class LowLevelZeroOptimizer(ColossalaiOptimizer):
         if self._overlap_communication or self._partition_grads:
             self._attach_reduction_hook()
 
-        self._initialize_optimizer_states()
+    @property
+    def dtype(self):
+        return self._dtype
 
     @property
     def loss_scale(self):
@@ -227,25 +228,9 @@ class LowLevelZeroOptimizer(ColossalaiOptimizer):
                               parallel_mode=self._dp_parallel_mode)
         return params_per_rank
 
-    def _initialize_optimizer_states(self):
-        # create a dummy zero tensor which has the same shape as that of the param
-        # set this dummpy zero tensor as grad
-        for group_id in range(len(self._fp32_flat_param_groups_of_current_rank)):
-            fp32_partition_param = self._fp32_flat_param_groups_of_current_rank[group_id]
-            fp32_partition_grad = torch.zeros_like(fp32_partition_param)
-            fp32_partition_param.grad = fp32_partition_grad
-
-        # we do not need log information for optimizer, so comment them
-        # update the parameter with zero gradients for initialization of optimizer states
-        # self._optimizer.step()
-
-        # remove the grad of the paramter to save memory
-        # for group_id, fp32_flat_tensor in self._fp32_flat_param_groups_of_current_rank.items():
-        #     fp32_flat_tensor.grad = None
-
     def _sanity_checks(self):
         assert torch.cuda.is_available(), 'CUDA is required'
-        for param_group in self._optimizer.param_groups:
+        for param_group in self.optim.param_groups:
             group_params = param_group['params']
             for param in group_params:
                 assert param.dtype == self._dtype, \
@@ -484,7 +469,7 @@ class LowLevelZeroOptimizer(ColossalaiOptimizer):
         self._unscale_and_clip_grads(single_grad_partition_groups, global_norm)
 
         # update the parameters
-        self._optimizer.step()
+        self.optim.step()
         # release the fp32 grad
         release_param_grad(self._fp32_flat_param_groups_of_current_rank.values())