diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/models/phi3_small.py b/vllm/model_executor/models/phi3_small.py
index a8b7e9b2a5958..873e9d37771da 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/models/phi3_small.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/models/phi3_small.py
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ class Phi3SmallForCausalLM(nn.Module, SupportsPP):
                 continue
             if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                 continue
+            if "lm_head.weight" in name and self.config.tie_word_embeddings:
+                continue
             param = params_dict[name]
             weight_loader = getattr(param, "weight_loader",
                                     default_weight_loader)