diff --git a/tzrec/utils/checkpoint_util.py b/tzrec/utils/checkpoint_util.py
index e8bc3016..73d4b515 100644
--- a/tzrec/utils/checkpoint_util.py
+++ b/tzrec/utils/checkpoint_util.py
@@ -445,6 +445,45 @@ def _a2a(
             m._buffers[name].copy_(new_meta)
 
 
+# Module-name segments that get a `_user` twin when INPUT_TILE=3 export
+# duplicates the embedding group into item/user halves. See
+# tzrec/modules/embedding.py:EmbeddingGroupImpl /
+# SequenceEmbeddingGroupImpl for the construction.
+_INPUT_TILE_USER_SEGMENTS = frozenset({"ebc", "mc_ebc", "ec_dict", "mc_ec_dict"})
+
+
+def _link_dynamicemb_input_tile_user_paths(dynamicemb_path: str) -> None:
+    """Symlink user-side dynamicemb dirs added by INPUT_TILE=3 export.
+
+    Each entry under ``dynamicemb_path`` is a dotted module path. For
+    every entry containing a segment in ``_INPUT_TILE_USER_SEGMENTS``,
+    create a sibling symlink whose matching segment carries a ``_user``
+    suffix so DynamicEmbLoad can resolve the twin path used by the
+    INPUT_TILE=3 model.
+    """
+    for entry in os.listdir(dynamicemb_path):
+        full_path = os.path.join(dynamicemb_path, entry)
+        if os.path.islink(full_path) or not os.path.isdir(full_path):
+            continue
+        segs = entry.split(".")
+        for i, seg in enumerate(segs):
+            if seg not in _INPUT_TILE_USER_SEGMENTS:
+                continue
+            user_segs = list(segs)
+            user_segs[i] = f"{seg}_user"
+            user_entry = ".".join(user_segs)
+            user_path = os.path.join(dynamicemb_path, user_entry)
+            if os.path.lexists(user_path):
+                continue
+            try:
+                os.symlink(entry, user_path)
+                logger.info(
+                    f"created INPUT_TILE=3 dynamicemb symlink {user_entry} -> {entry}"
+                )
+            except OSError as e:
+                logger.warning(f"failed to create dynamicemb symlink {user_entry}: {e}")
+
+
 def restore_model(
     checkpoint_dir: str,
     model: nn.Module,
@@ -523,6 +562,19 @@ def restore_model(
 
         dynamicemb_path = os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "dynamicemb")
         if os.path.exists(dynamicemb_path):
+            # Training never sets INPUT_TILE, but exporting with
+            # INPUT_TILE=3 adds twin user-side modules (`ebc_user`,
+            # `mc_ebc_user`, `ec_dict_user`, `mc_ec_dict_user`) that
+            # share dynamic-embedding tables with their non-user
+            # counterparts. The checkpoint only has the non-user paths,
+            # so DynamicEmbLoad raises "can't find path to load" for
+            # the user-side ones. Symlink the missing twin paths.
+            input_tile = os.environ.get("INPUT_TILE", "")
+            if input_tile.startswith("3"):
+                if int(os.environ.get("RANK", 0)) == 0:
+                    _link_dynamicemb_input_tile_user_paths(dynamicemb_path)
+                if dist.is_initialized() and dist.get_world_size() > 1:
+                    dist.barrier()
             logger.info(
                 f"RANK[{os.environ.get('RANK', 0)}] restoring dynamic embedding..."
             )