diff --git a/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py b/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py
index 556a3f8aff..6aea6e69a5 100644
--- a/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py
+++ b/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py
@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ def cuda_kernel_profiler(kernel_pattern):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     not torch_version_at_least("2.8.0"), reason="torch.compile requires PyTorch 2.8+"
 )
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("elem_dtype", [torch.float8_e4m3fn, torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("bias", [True, False])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("compile", [True, False])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("emulate", [True, False])
+# @pytest.mark.parametrize("elem_dtype", [torch.float8_e4m3fn, torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("elem_dtype", [torch.float8_e4m3fn])
+# @pytest.mark.parametrize("bias", [True, False])
+# @pytest.mark.parametrize("compile", [True, False])
+# @pytest.mark.parametrize("emulate", [True, False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("bias", [False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("compile", [False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("emulate", [False])
 @torch.no_grad()
 @skip_if_rocm(
     "ROCm float4 gemm require gfx950"
@@ -93,7 +97,11 @@ def test_inference_workflow_mx(elem_dtype, bias: bool, compile: bool, emulate: b
             # TODO(future PR): investigate and fix this
             pytest.skip("mxfp4 + compile currently does not work, low SQNR")
 
-    m = nn.Linear(32, 128, bias=bias, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda")
+    # M, N, K = 16, 3072, 4096
+    # M, N, K = 1920, 3072, 256
+    M, N, K = 1920, 18432, 3072
+    # m = nn.Linear(32, 128, bias=bias, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda")
+    m = nn.Linear(K, N, bias=bias, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda")    
     m_mx = copy.deepcopy(m)
 
     if emulate:
@@ -108,18 +116,22 @@ def test_inference_workflow_mx(elem_dtype, bias: bool, compile: bool, emulate: b
         gemm_kernel_choice=kernel_choice,
     )
     quantize_(m_mx, config=config)
+    print("m_mx:", m_mx)
+        
     if compile:
         m_mx = torch.compile(m_mx, fullgraph=True)
 
-    x = torch.randn(128, 32, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
-    y_ref = m(x)
-    y_mx = m_mx(x)
+    with torch.inference_mode():
+        x = torch.randn(1, M, K, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
+        y_ref = m(x)
+        y_mx = m_mx(x)
     sqnr = compute_error(y_ref, y_mx)
     SQNR_THRESHOLD = 25.0 if elem_dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn else 15.0
     assert sqnr >= SQNR_THRESHOLD, (
         f"Got a sqnr of {sqnr} for {elem_dtype} and bias={bias}"
     )
 
+    raise Exception("stop")
     # serialization
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
         torch.save(m_mx.state_dict(), f)
diff --git a/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py b/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py
index 05c8fdc8e4..98dbe4efde 100644
--- a/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py
+++ b/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py
@@ -665,7 +665,10 @@ def _addmm_mx_dispatch(
     The only difference is whether bias is None or not.
     """
 
+    out_starting_shape = a.shape[:-1]
+
     if not isinstance(a, MXTensor):
+        a = a.reshape(-1, a.shape[-1])
         assert b.act_quant_kwargs is not None, "weight-only quant not yet supported"
         k = b.act_quant_kwargs
         a = MXTensor.to_mx(
@@ -698,6 +701,7 @@ def _addmm_mx_dispatch(
                 "CUBLAS is the only supported kernel choice for MX FP8 operations"
             )
 
+            print(f"scaled_mm info: {a.qdata.shape=}, {b.qdata.shape=}, {a_scale_block.shape=}, {b_scale_block.shape=}, a.qdata contig: {a.qdata.is_contiguous()} b.qdata contig: {b.qdata.is_contiguous()} a_scale_block contig: {a_scale_block.is_contiguous()}, b_scale_block contig: {b_scale_block.is_contiguous()}")
             res = torch._scaled_mm(
                 a.qdata,
                 b.qdata,
@@ -706,6 +710,7 @@ def _addmm_mx_dispatch(
                 bias=bias,
                 out_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
             )
+            print(f"after scaled mm {a.qdata.shape=}, {b.qdata.shape=}")
         else:
             assert a._elem_dtype == torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2
             assert b._elem_dtype == torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2
@@ -717,7 +722,6 @@ def _addmm_mx_dispatch(
             # TODO add optional bias to kernel
             if bias is not None:
                 res = res + bias
-
     else:
         # emulated MX gemm
         a_hp = a.dequantize(a._orig_dtype)
@@ -726,12 +730,17 @@ def _addmm_mx_dispatch(
         assert a_hp.is_contiguous()
         assert b_hp.t().is_contiguous()
 
-        # Call appropriate aten_op based on whether bias is provided
-        if bias is not None:
-            res = aten_op(bias, a_hp, b_hp)  # addmm
+        if aten_op == aten.linear.default:
+            res = aten_op(a_hp, b_hp.t(), bias)
         else:
-            res = aten_op(a_hp, b_hp)  # mm
+            # Call appropriate aten_op based on whether bias is provided
+            if bias is not None:
+                res = aten_op(bias, a_hp, b_hp)  # addmm
+            else:
+                res = aten_op(a_hp, b_hp)  # mm
 
+    res = res.reshape(*out_starting_shape, res.shape[-1])
+    
     return res
 
 
@@ -752,6 +761,14 @@ def mx_addmm(func, types, args, kwargs):
     b = args[2]
     return _addmm_mx_dispatch(a, b, func, bias=bias)
 
+@implements([aten.linear.default])
+def mx_linear(func, types, args, kwargs):
+    assert isinstance(args[0], torch.Tensor) and isinstance(args[1], MXTensor)
+    a = args[0]
+    b = args[1]
+    bias = args[2] if len(args) > 2 else None
+    return _addmm_mx_dispatch(a, b.t(), func, bias=bias)
+
 
 @implements([aten.t.default])
 def mx_t(func, types, args, kwargs):