diff --git a/colossalai/zero/gemini/placement_policy.py b/colossalai/zero/gemini/placement_policy.py
index c0d03ba3b..9803d7f6d 100644
--- a/colossalai/zero/gemini/placement_policy.py
+++ b/colossalai/zero/gemini/placement_policy.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from colossalai.legacy.utils.memory import colo_device_memory_capacity
 from colossalai.zero.gemini.chunk import Chunk
 
 from .chunk import Chunk, ChunkManager
+from .gemini_mgr import GeminiManager
 from .memory_tracer import ChunkMemStatsCollector
 
 
@@ -123,8 +124,9 @@ class StaticPlacementPolicy(PlacementPolicy):
                     break
                 if chunk not in prefetch and chunk not in self.chunk_manager.accessed_chunks:
                     prefetch.append(chunk)
-            if len(prefetch) >= can_prefetch:
-                break
+            else:
+                continue
+            break
         return prefetch
 
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ class AutoPlacementPolicy(PlacementPolicy):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        gemini_manager: "GeminiManager",
+        gemini_manager: GeminiManager,
         chunk_manager: ChunkManager,
         mem_stats_collector: Optional[ChunkMemStatsCollector] = None,
         max_prefetch: int = 0,
@@ -234,10 +236,32 @@ class AutoPlacementPolicy(PlacementPolicy):
             else:
                 grads_device_map[p] = torch.device("cpu")
 
-    def get_prefetch_chunks(self, max_prefetch: int) -> List[Chunk]:
-        # TODO @haze188 @botbw: implement prefetching for auto
+    def get_prefetch_chunks(self) -> List[Chunk]:
+        if self.gemini_manager.is_warmup():  # no prefetch during warmup since we need compute_list
+            return []
+        # modified from self.evict_tensors
+        cuda_capacity = self._steady_cuda_cap_ratio * colo_device_memory_capacity(
+            get_accelerator().get_current_device()
+        )
+        max_cuda_non_model_data_per_period = self.mem_stats_collector.next_period_non_model_data_usage("cuda")
+        used_cuda_model_data = self.chunk_manager.total_mem["cuda"]
+        total_cuda_model_data = cuda_capacity - max_cuda_non_model_data_per_period
+        avail_cuda_model_data = total_cuda_model_data - used_cuda_model_data
 
-        return []
+        prefetch_chunk_memory = 0
+        can_prefetch = self.max_prefetch - len(self.gemini_manager._async_works)
+        prefetch = []
+        for i in range(self.gemini_manager.compute_idx + 1, len(self.gemini_manager.compute_list)):
+            for chunk in self.gemini_manager.compute_list[i]:
+                chunk: Chunk
+                if len(prefetch) >= can_prefetch or prefetch_chunk_memory + chunk.chunk_mem > avail_cuda_model_data:
+                    break
+                if chunk not in prefetch and chunk not in self.chunk_manager.accessed_chunks:
+                    prefetch.append(chunk)
+            else:
+                continue
+            break
+        return prefetch
 
 
 class PlacementPolicyFactory: