diff --git a/flax/training/orbax_utils.py b/flax/training/orbax_utils.py
index be2ccc48da..87ba6cc14b 100644
--- a/flax/training/orbax_utils.py
+++ b/flax/training/orbax_utils.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 """Utils for Orbax Checkpointing, available even after Flax Checkpointing is deprecated."""
 
+import dataclasses
 import inspect
 from typing import Any, Optional
 import warnings
@@ -107,6 +108,15 @@ def substitute_embedding(s):
       return jax.sharding.NamedSharding(mesh, s.spec)
 
     sharding_tree = jax.tree_util.tree_map(substitute_embedding, sharding_tree)
-  return ocp.checkpoint_utils.construct_restore_args(
+  restore_args = ocp.checkpoint_utils.construct_restore_args(
       target, sharding_tree, **ocp_kwargs
   )
+  # TODO(ivyzheng): remove after Orbax new release.
+  if not ocp_kwargs:
+    restore_args = jax.tree_util.tree_map(
+        lambda ra: dataclasses.replace(ra, global_shape=None)
+        if isinstance(ra, ocp.ArrayRestoreArgs)
+        else ra,
+        restore_args,
+    )
+  return restore_args