diff --git a/src/mcore_bridge/utils/megatron_utils.py b/src/mcore_bridge/utils/megatron_utils.py
index 3005651..aaceea8 100644
--- a/src/mcore_bridge/utils/megatron_utils.py
+++ b/src/mcore_bridge/utils/megatron_utils.py
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ def split_cp_inputs(inputs: torch.Tensor,
             val = inputs[tuple(slices)]
         view_shape = (*inputs.shape[:dim], 2 * cp_size, val.shape[dim] // (2 * cp_size), *inputs.shape[dim + 1:])
         val = val.view(view_shape)
-        index = torch.tensor([cp_rank, (2 * cp_size - cp_rank - 1)], device='cpu',
-                             pin_memory=True).cuda(non_blocking=True)
+        # Keep the index on the same device as the activation. `.cuda()` sends an NPU
+        # (or CPU) tensor's index to CUDA and index_select then fails before the CP slice.
+        index = torch.tensor([cp_rank, (2 * cp_size - cp_rank - 1)], dtype=torch.long, device=val.device)
         val = val.index_select(dim, index)
         view_shape = (*inputs.shape[:dim], -1, *inputs.shape[dim + 1:])
         new_inputs.append(val.view(view_shape))
diff --git a/tests/test_split_cp_inputs.py b/tests/test_split_cp_inputs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cb0714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_split_cp_inputs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Copyright (c) ModelScope Contributors. All rights reserved.
+"""Zigzag CP slicing must keep its index on the activation device.
+
+Loads megatron_utils without importing the package (that pulls peft and a
+real Megatron install). The parallel-state calls are stubbed.
+"""
+import importlib.util
+import sys
+import torch
+import types
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _load_megatron_utils():
+    root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / 'src' / 'mcore_bridge'
+    pkg = types.ModuleType('mcore_bridge')
+    pkg.__path__ = [str(root)]
+    pkg.__package__ = 'mcore_bridge'
+    utils = types.ModuleType('mcore_bridge.utils')
+    utils.__path__ = [str(root / 'utils')]
+    utils.__package__ = 'mcore_bridge.utils'
+    sys.modules['mcore_bridge'] = pkg
+    sys.modules['mcore_bridge.utils'] = utils
+
+    def load(name, path):
+        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(name, path)
+        module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+        sys.modules[name] = module
+        spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+        return module
+
+    load('mcore_bridge.utils.logger', root / 'utils' / 'logger.py')
+
+    megatron = types.ModuleType('megatron')
+    core = types.ModuleType('megatron.core')
+    core.__version__ = '0.16.1'
+    megatron.core = core
+    mpu = types.SimpleNamespace(get_context_parallel_world_size=lambda: 2, get_context_parallel_rank=lambda: 0)
+    core.mpu = mpu
+    core.tensor_parallel = types.SimpleNamespace()
+    distributed = types.ModuleType('megatron.core.distributed')
+    distributed.DistributedDataParallel = type('DDP', (), {})
+    distributed.FullyShardedDataParallel = type('FSDP', (), {})
+    ssm = types.ModuleType('megatron.core.ssm.mamba_context_parallel')
+    ssm._undo_attention_load_balancing = lambda tensor, *args, **kwargs: tensor
+    module_mod = types.ModuleType('megatron.core.transformer.module')
+    module_mod.Float16Module = type('Float16Module', (), {})
+    mtp = types.ModuleType('megatron.core.transformer.multi_token_prediction')
+
+    def roll_tensor(tensor, shifts, dims):
+        return tensor, tensor.sum()
+
+    mtp.roll_tensor = roll_tensor
+    block = types.ModuleType('megatron.core.transformer.transformer_block')
+    block.get_num_layers_to_build = lambda *args, **kwargs: 0
+    layer = types.ModuleType('megatron.core.transformer.transformer_layer')
+    layer.get_transformer_layer_offset = lambda *args, **kwargs: 0
+    for name, module in {
+            'megatron': megatron,
+            'megatron.core': core,
+            'megatron.core.distributed': distributed,
+            'megatron.core.ssm': types.ModuleType('megatron.core.ssm'),
+            'megatron.core.ssm.mamba_context_parallel': ssm,
+            'megatron.core.transformer': types.ModuleType('megatron.core.transformer'),
+            'megatron.core.transformer.module': module_mod,
+            'megatron.core.transformer.multi_token_prediction': mtp,
+            'megatron.core.transformer.transformer_block': block,
+            'megatron.core.transformer.transformer_layer': layer,
+    }.items():
+        sys.modules[name] = module
+
+    loaded = load('mcore_bridge.utils.megatron_utils', root / 'utils' / 'megatron_utils.py')
+    loaded.mpu = mpu
+    return loaded
+
+
+def test_zigzag_split_keeps_index_on_cpu():
+    saved = sys.modules.copy()
+    try:
+        utils = _load_megatron_utils()
+        # 8 tokens, cp=2, rank 0 owns chunks 0 and 3 (zigzag).
+        values = torch.arange(8, dtype=torch.float32)
+        local = utils.split_cp_inputs(values, None, 0, 'zigzag')
+    finally:
+        sys.modules.clear()
+        sys.modules.update(saved)
+    assert local.device.type == 'cpu'
+    assert local.tolist() == [0, 1, 6, 7]