diff --git a/test/test_cost.py b/test/test_cost.py
index ab95c55ef83..b11cec924e3 100644
--- a/test/test_cost.py
+++ b/test/test_cost.py
@@ -7565,6 +7565,7 @@ def _create_mock_actor(
                     "action1": (action_key, "action1"),
                 },
                 log_prob_key=sample_log_prob_key,
+                aggregate_probabilities=True,
             )
             module_out_keys = [
                 ("params", "action1", "loc"),
@@ -7634,6 +7635,7 @@ def _create_mock_actor_value(
                     "action1": ("action", "action1"),
                 },
                 log_prob_key=sample_log_prob_key,
+                aggregate_probabilities=True,
             )
             module_out_keys = [
                 ("params", "action1", "loc"),
@@ -7690,6 +7692,7 @@ def _create_mock_actor_value_shared(
                     "action1": ("action", "action1"),
                 },
                 log_prob_key=sample_log_prob_key,
+                aggregate_probabilities=True,
             )
             module_out_keys = [
                 ("params", "action1", "loc"),
@@ -8627,6 +8630,7 @@ def _create_mock_actor(
                     "action1": (action_key, "action1"),
                 },
                 log_prob_key=sample_log_prob_key,
+                aggregate_probabilities=True,
             )
             module_out_keys = [
                 ("params", "action1", "loc"),
@@ -8727,6 +8731,7 @@ def _create_mock_common_layer_setup(
                     "action1": ("action", "action1"),
                 },
                 log_prob_key=sample_log_prob_key,
+                aggregate_probabilities=True,
             )
             module_out_keys = [
                 ("params", "action1", "loc"),
diff --git a/torchrl/objectives/a2c.py b/torchrl/objectives/a2c.py
index ff9b5f3883e..34c62bc3260 100644
--- a/torchrl/objectives/a2c.py
+++ b/torchrl/objectives/a2c.py
@@ -420,8 +420,13 @@ def _log_probs(
         if isinstance(action, torch.Tensor):
             log_prob = dist.log_prob(action)
         else:
-            tensordict = dist.log_prob(tensordict)
-            log_prob = tensordict.get(self.tensor_keys.sample_log_prob)
+            maybe_log_prob = dist.log_prob(tensordict)
+            if not isinstance(maybe_log_prob, torch.Tensor):
+                # In some cases (Composite distribution with aggregate_probabilities toggled off) the returned type may not
+                # be a tensor
+                log_prob = maybe_log_prob.get(self.tensor_keys.sample_log_prob)
+            else:
+                log_prob = maybe_log_prob
         log_prob = log_prob.unsqueeze(-1)
         return log_prob, dist
 
diff --git a/torchrl/objectives/ppo.py b/torchrl/objectives/ppo.py
index b4779a90663..9d9790ab294 100644
--- a/torchrl/objectives/ppo.py
+++ b/torchrl/objectives/ppo.py
@@ -490,8 +490,13 @@ def _log_weight(
         if isinstance(action, torch.Tensor):
             log_prob = dist.log_prob(action)
         else:
-            tensordict = dist.log_prob(tensordict)
-            log_prob = tensordict.get(self.tensor_keys.sample_log_prob)
+            maybe_log_prob = dist.log_prob(tensordict)
+            if not isinstance(maybe_log_prob, torch.Tensor):
+                # In some cases (Composite distribution with aggregate_probabilities toggled off) the returned type may not
+                # be a tensor
+                log_prob = maybe_log_prob.get(self.tensor_keys.sample_log_prob)
+            else:
+                log_prob = maybe_log_prob
 
         log_weight = (log_prob - prev_log_prob).unsqueeze(-1)
         kl_approx = (prev_log_prob - log_prob).unsqueeze(-1)
@@ -1130,7 +1135,7 @@ def forward(self, tensordict: TensorDictBase) -> TensorDict:
             x = previous_dist.sample((self.samples_mc_kl,))
             previous_log_prob = previous_dist.log_prob(x)
             current_log_prob = current_dist.log_prob(x)
-            if is_tensor_collection(x):
+            if is_tensor_collection(current_log_prob):
                 previous_log_prob = previous_log_prob.get(
                     self.tensor_keys.sample_log_prob
                 )