diff --git a/torch/testing/_internal/distributed/distributed_test.py b/torch/testing/_internal/distributed/distributed_test.py
index df55573c16b..5bf0152630f 100644
--- a/torch/testing/_internal/distributed/distributed_test.py
+++ b/torch/testing/_internal/distributed/distributed_test.py
@@ -4064,8 +4064,8 @@ class DistributedTest:
                     dist.barrier()
 
         @sandcastle_skip_if(
-            BACKEND not in DistTestCases.backend_feature["ddp"],
-            f"The {BACKEND} backend does not support DistributedDataParallel"
+            BACKEND == "nccl",
+            "Issues with async error handling, see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/73259"
         )
         @skip_if_lt_x_gpu(2)
         @skip_if_rocm
@@ -4092,8 +4092,8 @@ class DistributedTest:
             )
 
         @sandcastle_skip_if(
-            BACKEND not in DistTestCases.backend_feature["ddp"],
-            f"The {BACKEND} backend does not support DistributedDataParallel"
+            BACKEND == "nccl",
+            "Issues with async error handling, see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/73259"
         )
         @skip_if_lt_x_gpu(2)
         @skip_if_rocm
@@ -4113,8 +4113,8 @@ class DistributedTest:
             )
 
         @sandcastle_skip_if(
-            BACKEND not in DistTestCases.backend_feature["ddp"],
-            f"The {BACKEND} backend does not support DistributedDataParallel"
+            BACKEND == "nccl",
+            "Issues with async error handling, see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/73259"
         )
         @skip_if_lt_x_gpu(2)
         @skip_if_rocm