diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
index 12b2d783..13b1300a 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         self.lr_schedulers = []
         self.amp_level = amp_level
         self.print_nan_grads = print_nan_grads
+        self.data_parallel_device_ids = None
 
         # gpus come in as a string.
         # if gpus = -1 then use all available devices