diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp
index 2837afbd87..413c970eb0 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp
@@ -177,9 +177,10 @@ NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend nvte_get_fused_attn_backend(
           (qkv_format == NVTE_QKV_Format::NVTE_SBHD || qkv_format == NVTE_QKV_Format::NVTE_BSHD) &&
           max_seqlen_q <= max_seqlen_kv && dropout == 0.0) ||
          ((cudnn_runtime_version >= 90500) &&
-          attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_PADDING_CAUSAL_BOTTOM_RIGHT_MASK &&
-          max_seqlen_q % 64 == 0 && max_seqlen_kv % 64 == 0 &&
-          bias_type == NVTE_Bias_Type::NVTE_NO_BIAS && dropout == 0.0)) &&
+          (attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_CAUSAL_BOTTOM_RIGHT_MASK ||
+          attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_PADDING_CAUSAL_BOTTOM_RIGHT_MASK) &&
+          bias_type == NVTE_Bias_Type::NVTE_NO_BIAS &&
+          dropout == 0.0)) &&
         // bias + mask combination
         (!(cudnn_runtime_version >= 8906 &&
            (attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_PADDING_MASK ||