diff --git a/test/test_env.py b/test/test_env.py
index bbec29a0d78..9602c596f22 100644
--- a/test/test_env.py
+++ b/test/test_env.py
@@ -491,6 +491,26 @@ def test_mb_env_batch_lock(self, device, seed=0):
 
 
 class TestParallel:
+    def test_create_env_fn(self, maybe_fork_ParallelEnv):
+        def make_env():
+            return GymEnv(PENDULUM_VERSIONED())
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            RuntimeError, match="len\\(create_env_fn\\) and num_workers mismatch"
+        ):
+            maybe_fork_ParallelEnv(4, [make_env, make_env])
+
+    def test_create_env_kwargs(self, maybe_fork_ParallelEnv):
+        def make_env():
+            return GymEnv(PENDULUM_VERSIONED())
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            RuntimeError, match="len\\(create_env_kwargs\\) and num_workers mismatch"
+        ):
+            maybe_fork_ParallelEnv(
+                4, make_env, create_env_kwargs=[{"seed": 0}, {"seed": 1}]
+            )
+
     @pytest.mark.skipif(
         not torch.cuda.device_count(), reason="No cuda device detected."
     )
@@ -1121,6 +1141,25 @@ def env_fn2(seed):
         env1.close()
         env2.close()
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("parallel", [True, False])
+    def test_parallel_env_update_kwargs(self, parallel, maybe_fork_ParallelEnv):
+        def make_env(seed=None):
+            env = DiscreteActionConvMockEnv()
+            if seed is not None:
+                env.set_seed(seed)
+            return env
+
+        _class = maybe_fork_ParallelEnv if parallel else SerialEnv
+        env = _class(
+            num_workers=2,
+            create_env_fn=make_env,
+            create_env_kwargs=[{"seed": 0}, {"seed": 1}],
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(
+            RuntimeError, match="len\\(kwargs\\) and num_workers mismatch"
+        ):
+            env.update_kwargs([{"seed": 42}])
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_size", [(32, 5), (4,), (1,), ()])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("n_workers", [2, 1])
     def test_parallel_env_reset_flag(
diff --git a/torchrl/envs/batched_envs.py b/torchrl/envs/batched_envs.py
index eff1808af34..02c7f5893dc 100644
--- a/torchrl/envs/batched_envs.py
+++ b/torchrl/envs/batched_envs.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     TensorDictBase,
     unravel_key,
 )
+from tensordict.utils import _zip_strict
 from torch import multiprocessing as mp
 from torchrl._utils import (
     _check_for_faulty_process,
@@ -318,14 +319,20 @@ def __init__(
             create_env_fn = [create_env_fn for _ in range(num_workers)]
         elif len(create_env_fn) != num_workers:
             raise RuntimeError(
-                f"num_workers and len(create_env_fn) mismatch, "
-                f"got {len(create_env_fn)} and {num_workers}"
+                f"len(create_env_fn) and num_workers mismatch, "
+                f"got {len(create_env_fn)} and {num_workers}."
             )
+
         create_env_kwargs = {} if create_env_kwargs is None else create_env_kwargs
         if isinstance(create_env_kwargs, dict):
             create_env_kwargs = [
                 deepcopy(create_env_kwargs) for _ in range(num_workers)
             ]
+        elif len(create_env_kwargs) != num_workers:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"len(create_env_kwargs) and num_workers mismatch, "
+                f"got {len(create_env_kwargs)} and {num_workers}."
+            )
 
         self.policy_proof = policy_proof
         self.num_workers = num_workers
@@ -534,7 +541,11 @@ def update_kwargs(self, kwargs: Union[dict, List[dict]]) -> None:
             for _kwargs in self.create_env_kwargs:
                 _kwargs.update(kwargs)
         else:
-            for _kwargs, _new_kwargs in zip(self.create_env_kwargs, kwargs):
+            if len(kwargs) != self.num_workers:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    f"len(kwargs) and num_workers mismatch, got {len(kwargs)} and {self.num_workers}."
+                )
+            for _kwargs, _new_kwargs in _zip_strict(self.create_env_kwargs, kwargs):
                 _kwargs.update(_new_kwargs)
 
     def _get_in_keys_to_exclude(self, tensordict):