diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1ac8a689ce15..f562e7fad0a49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Add support for calling scripts using the module syntax (`python -m package.script`) ([#8073](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/8073))
 
 
+- Add torchelastic check when sanitizing GPUs ([#8095](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/8095))
+
+
 ### Changed
 
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py
index ecb5d6ac00a03..bfbd1847a3092 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import torch
 
+from pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments import TorchElasticEnvironment
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _TPU_AVAILABLE, rank_zero_deprecation
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.imports import _compare_version
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ def parse_gpu_ids(gpus: Optional[Union[int, str, List[int]]]) -> Optional[List[i
     gpus = _normalize_parse_gpu_input_to_list(gpus)
     if not gpus:
         raise MisconfigurationException("GPUs requested but none are available.")
+
+    if TorchElasticEnvironment.is_using_torchelastic() and len(gpus) != 1 and len(_get_all_available_gpus()) == 1:
+        # omit sanity check on torchelastic as by default shows one visible GPU per process
+        return gpus
+
     gpus = _sanitize_gpu_ids(gpus)
 
     return gpus
diff --git a/tests/models/test_gpu.py b/tests/models/test_gpu.py
index 65a1e093a9e96..cd7c90552ab2e 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_gpu.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_gpu.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import operator
+import os
 from collections import namedtuple
+from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@
 import tests.helpers.pipelines as tpipes
 import tests.helpers.utils as tutils
 from pytorch_lightning import Trainer
+from pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments import TorchElasticEnvironment
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import device_parser
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.imports import _compare_version
@@ -219,6 +222,29 @@ def test_parse_gpu_returns_none_when_no_devices_are_available(mocked_device_coun
         device_parser.parse_gpu_ids(gpus)
 
 
+@mock.patch.dict(
+    os.environ, {
+        "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES": "0",
+        "LOCAL_RANK": "1",
+        "GROUP_RANK": "1",
+        "RANK": "3",
+        "WORLD_SIZE": "4",
+        "LOCAL_WORLD_SIZE": "2",
+    }
+)
+@mock.patch('torch.cuda.device_count', return_value=1)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("gpus", [[0, 1, 2], 2, '0'])
+def test_torchelastic_gpu_parsing(mocked_device_count, gpus):
+    """
+    Ensure when using torchelastic and nproc_per_node is set to the default of 1 per GPU device
+    That we omit sanitizing the gpus as only one of the GPUs is visible.
+    """
+    trainer = Trainer(gpus=gpus)
+    assert isinstance(trainer.accelerator_connector.cluster_environment, TorchElasticEnvironment)
+    assert trainer.accelerator_connector.parallel_device_ids == device_parser.parse_gpu_ids(gpus)
+    assert trainer.gpus == gpus
+
+
 @RunIf(min_gpus=1)
 def test_single_gpu_batch_parse():
     trainer = Trainer(gpus=1)