diff --git a/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py b/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py
index ac4417c79ae..e860a2bfcc6 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py
+++ b/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def quantized_relu_meta(
     out_multiplier: torch.Tensor,
     out_shift: torch.Tensor,
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
-    return X.new_empty(X.size(), dtype=torch.uint8)
+    return X.new_empty(X.size(), dtype=X.dtype)
 
 
 @register_fake("cadence::quantized_matmul")
diff --git a/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/dequantize_per_tensor.cpp b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/dequantize_per_tensor.cpp
index f025a1cc6f2..18381a26e0a 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/dequantize_per_tensor.cpp
+++ b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/dequantize_per_tensor.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ void dequantize_per_tensor_out(
     const int32_t* input_data = input.const_data_ptr<int32_t>();
     dequantize<int32_t>(out_data, input_data, scale, zero_point, numel);
   } else {
-    ET_CHECK_MSG(false, "Unhandled input dtype %hhd", input.scalar_type());
+    ET_CHECK_MSG(
+        false,
+        "Unhandled input dtype %hhd",
+        static_cast<int8_t>(input.scalar_type()));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/quantize_per_tensor.cpp b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/quantize_per_tensor.cpp
index 9cc84fffa38..c65d62968f5 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/quantize_per_tensor.cpp
+++ b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/quantize_per_tensor.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ void quantize_per_tensor_out(
     cadence::impl::HiFi::kernels::quantize<int32_t>(
         out_data, input_data, 1. / scale, zero_point, numel);
   } else {
-    ET_CHECK_MSG(false, "Unhandled input dtype %hhd", out.scalar_type());
+    ET_CHECK_MSG(
+        false,
+        "Unhandled output dtype %hhd",
+        static_cast<int8_t>(out.scalar_type()));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_conv_out.cpp b/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_conv_out.cpp
index b37c5884c11..de19f3ef43a 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_conv_out.cpp
+++ b/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_conv_out.cpp
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ void quantized_conv_out(
         output_scale,
         (int8_t)output_zero_point,
         per_tensor_quantized);
+  } else {
+    ET_CHECK_MSG(
+        false,
+        "Unhandled input dtype %hhd",
+        static_cast<int8_t>(input.scalar_type()));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_linear_out.cpp b/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_linear_out.cpp
index a02794c179c..7bb1bf6fb47 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_linear_out.cpp
+++ b/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_linear_out.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ using executorch::aten::Tensor;
 using executorch::runtime::getLeadingDims;
 using executorch::runtime::KernelRuntimeContext;
 
-void quantized_linear_out(
-    KernelRuntimeContext& ctx,
+template <typename T>
+void inline _typed_quantized_linear(
     const Tensor& src,
     const Tensor& weight,
     const Tensor& bias,
@@ -27,14 +27,11 @@ void quantized_linear_out(
     const Tensor& out_multiplier,
     const Tensor& out_shift,
     int64_t out_zero_point,
-    const executorch::aten::optional<Tensor>& offset,
     Tensor& out) {
-  // Assuming uint8_t for now, but needs to be updated for other quantization
-  // types
-  const uint8_t* __restrict__ src_data = src.const_data_ptr<uint8_t>();
-  const uint8_t* __restrict__ weight_data = weight.const_data_ptr<uint8_t>();
+  const T* __restrict__ src_data = src.const_data_ptr<T>();
+  const T* __restrict__ weight_data = weight.const_data_ptr<T>();
   const int32_t* __restrict__ bias_data = bias.const_data_ptr<int32_t>();
-  uint8_t* __restrict__ out_data = out.mutable_data_ptr<uint8_t>();
+  T* __restrict__ out_data = out.mutable_data_ptr<T>();
 
   int32_t weight_zero_point = weight_zero_point_t.const_data_ptr<int32_t>()[0];
 
@@ -71,11 +68,53 @@ void quantized_linear_out(
             (weight_data[j * N + k] - weight_zero_point);
       }
       out_data[i * M + j] =
-          kernels::quantize<uint8_t>(sum, out_scale, out_zero_point);
+          kernels::quantize<T>(sum, out_scale, out_zero_point);
     }
   }
 }
 
+void quantized_linear_out(
+    __ET_UNUSED KernelRuntimeContext& ctx,
+    const Tensor& src,
+    const Tensor& weight,
+    const Tensor& bias,
+    int64_t src_zero_point,
+    const Tensor& weight_zero_point_t,
+    const Tensor& out_multiplier,
+    const Tensor& out_shift,
+    int64_t out_zero_point,
+    __ET_UNUSED const executorch::aten::optional<Tensor>& offset,
+    Tensor& out) {
+  if (out.scalar_type() == executorch::aten::ScalarType::Byte) {
+    _typed_quantized_linear<uint8_t>(
+        src,
+        weight,
+        bias,
+        src_zero_point,
+        weight_zero_point_t,
+        out_multiplier,
+        out_shift,
+        out_zero_point,
+        out);
+  } else if (out.scalar_type() == executorch::aten::ScalarType::Char) {
+    _typed_quantized_linear<int8_t>(
+        src,
+        weight,
+        bias,
+        src_zero_point,
+        weight_zero_point_t,
+        out_multiplier,
+        out_shift,
+        out_zero_point,
+        out);
+  } else {
+    ET_CHECK_MSG(
+        false,
+        "Unhandled input dtype %hhd",
+        static_cast<int8_t>(src.scalar_type()));
+  }
+}
+
 }; // namespace native
 }; // namespace reference
 }; // namespace impl
diff --git a/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_matmul_out.cpp b/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_matmul_out.cpp
index bf901105ea4..d12fc533e73 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_matmul_out.cpp
+++ b/backends/cadence/reference/operators/quantized_matmul_out.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ void quantized_matmul_out(
         out_zero_point,
         transposed,
         out);
+  } else {
+    ET_CHECK_MSG(
+        false,
+        "Unhandled input dtype %hhd",
+        static_cast<int8_t>(X.scalar_type()));
   }
 }