diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/ops_info/ops_utils.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/ops_info/ops_utils.h
index 3c55a15146bfb4284e483b3cfc124408f25fc1fb..5c074ef1583bd43c2c2265ff2b7f56976281fff7 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/ops_info/ops_utils.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/ops_info/ops_utils.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ constexpr char DEPEND[] = "depend";
 constexpr char BATCH_PARALLEL[] = "BatchParallel";
 
 constexpr char ACTIVATION_TYPE[] = "activation_type";
-constexpr char TARGET[] = "target";
+constexpr char TARGET[] = "primitive_target";
 constexpr char CPU[] = "CPU";
 constexpr char TRANSPOSE_A[] = "transpose_a";
 constexpr char TRANSPOSE_B[] = "transpose_b";
diff --git a/mindspore/ops/operations/_grad_ops.py b/mindspore/ops/operations/_grad_ops.py
index 008f5f0edb999afd75b776c237077bb818e82902..55157216a835cce5d67ada6358b2e9be7e37800d 100644
--- a/mindspore/ops/operations/_grad_ops.py
+++ b/mindspore/ops/operations/_grad_ops.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from ..primitive import Primitive, PrimitiveWithInfer, prim_attr_register
 from ..._checkparam import Validator as validator, Rel
 from .._utils import get_concat_offset
 from ...common import dtype as mstype
+from .. import functional as F
 
 
 class AbsGrad(PrimitiveWithInfer):
@@ -1121,6 +1122,37 @@ class MirrorPadGrad(PrimitiveWithInfer):
                 'value': None}
 
 
+class EmbeddingLookupCommGrad(PrimitiveWithInfer):
+    """
+    Perform the gradient for the communication part of EmbeddingLookup operator.
+
+    This works ONLY when 'reduce_scatter_flag' is True in 'EmbeddingLookup'. Roughly speaking,
+    this primitive is implemented by StridedSlice --> HostAllGather --> Concat. This primitive runs on host.
+    """
+    @prim_attr_register
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.init_prim_io_names(inputs=['dy', 'split_num'], outputs=['output'])
+        self.add_prim_attr('primitive_target', 'CPU')
+
+    def __infer__(self, dy, split_num):
+        """
+        This primitive is implemented by three steps:
+            1) Split the 'dy' along dimension 0 into 'split_num' parts.
+            2) For each part, perform HostAllGather((0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)) on the host.
+            3) After HostAllGather, there are still 'split_num' parts in each process. Then, perform Concat on them
+              along dimension 0.
+
+        The output shape of this primitive: shape(output)[0] == shape(dy)[0] * 8
+        """
+        dy_shape = tuple(dy['shape'])
+        split_num_value = split_num['value']
+        validator.check_value_type("split_num_value", split_num_value, [int], self.name)
+        dy_shape_all = F.tuple_setitem(dy_shape, 0, dy_shape[0] * 8)
+        return {'shape': dy_shape_all,
+                'dtype': dy['dtype'],
+                'value': None}
+
+
 class RefToEmbed(Primitive):
     r"""
     Make a key from Ref.
diff --git a/mindspore/ops/operations/array_ops.py b/mindspore/ops/operations/array_ops.py
index a9c856b7c54097ef57fdbfd3ca2a426c3abe2569..ba5c20e06de08cf33a5b6cd6bdaf6717112a8d3c 100644
--- a/mindspore/ops/operations/array_ops.py
+++ b/mindspore/ops/operations/array_ops.py
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class EmbeddingLookup(PrimitiveWithInfer):
         self.__setattr_flag__ = True
         self.init_prim_io_names(inputs=['params', 'indices', 'axis', 'offset', 'reduce_scatter_flag', 'split_num'],
                                 outputs=['output'])
-        self.add_prim_attr('target', 'CPU')
+        self.add_prim_attr('primitive_target', 'CPU')
 
     def __infer__(self, params, indices, axis, offset, reduce_scatter_flag=False, split_num=2):
         validator.check_subclass("params", params['dtype'], mstype.tensor, self.name)
diff --git a/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_gather_v2.py b/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_gather_v2.py
index c295bf93abe9537ba7e249136911f2a96d4f0668..5d52089cbec101988cd719ad05af05cf4174257c 100644
--- a/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_gather_v2.py
+++ b/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_gather_v2.py
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ class GradWrap(nn.Cell):
 
 
 class Net(nn.Cell):
-    def __init__(self, axis=0, strategy1=None, strategy2=None, shape=None):
+    def __init__(self, axis=0, strategy1=None, strategy2=None, shape=None, target=""):
         super().__init__()
         if shape is None:
             shape = [64, 64]
-        self.gatherv2 = P.GatherV2().set_strategy(strategy1)
+        self.gatherv2 = P.GatherV2().set_strategy(strategy1).add_prim_attr("primitive_target", target)
         self.mul = P.Mul().set_strategy(strategy2)
         self.index = Tensor(np.ones(shape), dtype=ms.int32)
         self.axis = axis
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def test_gatherv2_cpu0():
     context.set_auto_parallel_context(device_num=8, global_rank=0, parallel_mode="semi_auto_parallel")
     strategy1 = ((8, 1), (1, 1))
     strategy2 = ((4, 2, 1), (4, 2, 1))
-    net = NetWithLoss(Net(0, strategy1, strategy2))
+    net = NetWithLoss(Net(0, strategy1, strategy2, None, "CPU"))
     net.set_auto_parallel()
 
     x = Tensor(np.ones([64, 64]), dtype=ms.float32)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def test_gatherv2_cpu1():
     context.set_auto_parallel_context(device_num=16, global_rank=0, parallel_mode="semi_auto_parallel")
     strategy1 = ((16, 1), (1, 1))
     strategy2 = ((4, 2, 1), (4, 2, 1))
-    net = NetWithLoss(Net(0, strategy1, strategy2))
+    net = NetWithLoss(Net(0, strategy1, strategy2, None, "CPU"))
     net.set_auto_parallel()
 
     x = Tensor(np.ones([64, 64]), dtype=ms.float32)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def test_gatherv2_cpu2():
     context.set_auto_parallel_context(device_num=8, global_rank=0, parallel_mode="semi_auto_parallel")
     strategy1 = ((1, 8), (1, 1))
     strategy2 = ((4, 2, 1), (4, 2, 1))
-    net = NetWithLoss(Net(0, strategy1, strategy2))
+    net = NetWithLoss(Net(0, strategy1, strategy2, None, "CPU"))
     net.set_auto_parallel()
 
     x = Tensor(np.ones([64, 64]), dtype=ms.float32)