diff --git a/tensordict/_td.py b/tensordict/_td.py
index 331ed4234..c3b5d85dd 100644
--- a/tensordict/_td.py
+++ b/tensordict/_td.py
@@ -829,12 +829,14 @@ def _index_tensordict(
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"indexing a tensordict with td.batch_dims==0 is not permitted. Got index {index}."
             )
-        if names is None:
-            names = self._get_names_idx(index)
         if new_batch_size is not None:
             batch_size = new_batch_size
         else:
             batch_size = _getitem_batch_size(batch_size, index)
+
+        if names is None:
+            names = self._get_names_idx(index)
+
         source = {}
         for key, item in self.items():
             if isinstance(item, TensorDict):
@@ -1371,14 +1373,20 @@ def is_boolean(idx):
                 # this will convert a [None, :, :, 0, None, 0] in [None, 0, 1, None, 3]
                 count = 0
                 idx_to_take = []
+                no_more_tensors = False
                 for _idx in idx_names:
                     if _idx is None:
                         idx_to_take.append(None)
                     elif _is_number(_idx):
                         count += 1
                     elif isinstance(_idx, (torch.Tensor, np.ndarray)):
-                        idx_to_take.extend([count] * _idx.ndim)
-                        count += 1
+                        if not no_more_tensors:
+                            idx_to_take.extend([count] * _idx.ndim)
+                            count += 1
+                            no_more_tensors = True
+                        else:
+                            # skip this one
+                            count += 1
                     else:
                         idx_to_take.append(count)
                         count += 1
@@ -1392,6 +1400,7 @@ def names(self, value):
             self._rename_subtds(value)
             self._erase_names()
             return
+        value = list(value)
         num_none = sum(v is None for v in value)
         if num_none:
             num_none -= 1
diff --git a/tensordict/_torch_func.py b/tensordict/_torch_func.py
index 3584b1d33..b960ea843 100644
--- a/tensordict/_torch_func.py
+++ b/tensordict/_torch_func.py
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ def _gather_tensor(tensor, dest=None):
         return out
 
     if out is None:
-        names = input.names if input._has_names() else None
-
+        if len(index.shape) == input.ndim and input._has_names():
+            names = input.names
+        else:
+            names = None
         return TensorDict(
             {
                 key: _gather_tensor(value)